 He won 3 caps for the Scotland national football team and 4 wartime caps, including one game where he had to be carried off of the pitch by Frank Swift after becoming injured.Black played as a guest for Chester during the latter stages of the Second World War but the club were unsuccessful in their attempts to sign him permanently.Black transferred to Manchester City in 1946 and between then and 1950 appeared 139 times and scored 47 goals.