Rejected by Filbert Street as a fledgling youthA youngster amongst the most gifted of these isles
Inside right with a bullet left foot
Thirteen caps to amass it took awhile
A pure footballing noble Horatio was affirmed
Capped by his country aged twenty
Masterfully winning every honour in the game
Roker beheld such lustre a plenty
The Hendon boy who loved Charlie Buchan
Achieved every honour in the game
Leading the Rokerites to their last title win
A bridal FA Cup gift for his dame
The Great war shortened an exceptional career
Horatio might well have become an army chef
But such talent of Wearside’s greatest son
He instead served with the RAF
© Emdad Rahman
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Horatio Stratton Carter – The greatest Sunderland player ever
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