He missed only two matches of the 1922-23 campaign, making 36 league appearances for the side as they finished 11th in the league.
The first match of the campaign was against England.
He missed the final match of the campaign against Ireland through injury.
He did not play again until the first match of the 1994-95 campaign, by which time manager John Ward had converted him into a striker.
Widnes' first match of the campaign will be against Wakefield next month.
However, they stayed up only a single season as they took only one point from their last eight matches of the campaign.
His first match of the 2004 campaign.
Giroud made his league debut in the team's first match of the campaign; a 1-0 win over Bordeaux.
He won immediate promotion in 1988 back to the First Division, retiring as a player after the final match of the campaign.
He received the club's player of the season award before the final match of the campaign against Darlington.