In Division Two, 'Wor' Jackie Milburn scored one of the four Newcastle United goals in a thumping win over Millwall at Cold Blow Lane, while future Chile international George Robledo - later a Magpies hero in their great FA Cup winning team of the 1950s - was the day's only hat-trick hero, for Barnsley in their 3-2 win at home to Nottingham Forest.
It was also at second tier level that the day saw its only postponement - Newport v Southampton at Somerton Park - because of a waterlogged pitch.
Also in Division Two, Bury were the day's biggest winners, 7-2 at home to Fulham, while Bradford Park Avenue drew at Chesterfield.
Among other clubs who later lost their league status, Chester drew 4-4 at York City, Torquay United earned a derby draw at Exeter, and New Brighton lost 3-2 at the back then far-from-fashionable Wrexham.
Darlington, Southport, Halifax Town and Gateshead were all in Division Three North and Leicester City were also a third-tier club then just as they are now.
AFC Bournemouth were still called Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Swansea City were still only Swansea Town, Leyton Orient were back then known as Clapton Orient - and it was also Hartlepools United, with the additional s.
It is also fascinating to notice just how many current members of 'The 92' were not among the 86 league clubs who kicked off 80 years ago - the majority of them southern clubs, to illustrate just how much English football in the lower tiers has tilted towards the south since the end of the war.
The list includes Shrewsbury Town, who were not to enter the Football League for a further four years, Cambridge United (1970), Wimbledon (1977), Wycombe Wanderers (1993) Cheltenham Town (1999), Milton Keynes Dons (2004), Burton Albion (2009), Barnet (now in their fourth era as a league club after originally going up in 1991), Stevenage (2010), Crawley Town (2011) and Bromley (2026) - and just three Northern clubs, Wigan Athletic (1978), Fleetwood Town (2012) and Salford City (2019).