cherry was born in huddersfield. he played for huddersfield town, leeds united and bradford city. he made a total of 27 international caps for the england national team. he was the third england international to be shown a red card. he later managed bradford city from 1982 to 1987. while he was manager, valley parade, bradford's home ground, was the scene of a fire. 56 people died, with at least 265 injured.