Name: Canning, Lawrence (Larry)
Birthdate: 1925-11-01 in Cowdenbeath, Scotland
Position: Wing-half/Utility
Playing for Villa: December 1943 - August 1954
Previous clubs: Broughty Amateurs, Paget Rangers
Signed: - From Paget Rangers
Sold: - To Kettering Town
League: 39 matches - 3 goals
Cup: 2 matches - 0 goals
More info:
Canning also played with Villa during World War 2. (6 - 5 goals)
He also guested for Lincoln City during World War 2.
He signed professional in October 1947.
He was later an Aston Villa Director.
He always talked up the Villa in his radio reports. From memory I think he had a successful engineering company which pretty well ran itself and allowed him to concentrate time on the golf course and doing his radio work.
I also recall he used to say "Certainly one of the best games I've seen this season" - he said it quite often, but usually if he was reporting a Villa game.