He moved to West Ham United in the summer of 1905, along with Blackburn teammates Lionel Watson and Harry Hindle, and switched to wing-half while with the club. He was an ever-present during the 1909–10 season and totalled 237 Southern League appearances for the club, scoring 24 goals, before leaving in 1913.[2]
After retiring from the game, Blackburn joined the Merchant Navy, but later returned to football to coach Barking.[2]
His brother Arthur made a handful of appearances for Blackburn Rovers and for Southampton as a full-back.[4]
ReferencesEdit
^Marsh, Steve. "Syd King 1902 - 1932". theyflysohigh.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
^ abcdHogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. p. 29. ISBN1-903135-50-8.
^"Fred Blackburn". englandfootballonline.com. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
^Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 34. ISBN0-9514862-3-3.
External linksEdit
Fred Blackburn at westhamstats.info
Fred Blackburn at Englandstats.com
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fred, blackburn, footballer, james, thomas, alfred, blackburn, july, 1878, march, 1951, known, fred, blackburn, english, footballer, played, football, league, blackburn, rovers, southern, league, west, united, fred, blackburnpersonal, informationfull, namejame. James Thomas Alfred Blackburn 20 July 1878 13 March 1951 known as Fred Blackburn was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers and in the Southern League for West Ham United 1 Fred BlackburnPersonal informationFull nameJames Thomas Alfred BlackburnDate of birth 1878 07 20 20 July 1878Place of birthBlackburn Lancashire EnglandDate of death13 March 1951 1951 03 13 aged 72 Place of deathIlford EnglandPosition s Outside left wing halfSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls Mellor1897 1905Blackburn Rovers192 25 1905 1913West Ham United217 24 International career1901 1904England3 1 Club domestic league appearances and goalsBlackburn played for his home town club of Blackburn Rovers playing as an outside left and featured for the team at the age of 17 2 He was capped three times for England making his international debut at Crystal Palace against Scotland in which he scored in a 2 2 draw 3 He also represented the English League against the Scottish League and played in a North versus South fixture 2 He moved to West Ham United in the summer of 1905 along with Blackburn teammates Lionel Watson and Harry Hindle and switched to wing half while with the club He was an ever present during the 1909 10 season and totalled 237 Southern League appearances for the club scoring 24 goals before leaving in 1913 2 After retiring from the game Blackburn joined the Merchant Navy but later returned to football to coach Barking 2 His brother Arthur made a handful of appearances for Blackburn Rovers and for Southampton as a full back 4 References Edit Marsh Steve Syd King 1902 1932 theyflysohigh co uk Retrieved 27 April 2018 a b c d Hogg Tony 2005 Who s Who of West Ham United Profile Sports Media p 29 ISBN 1 903135 50 8 Fred Blackburn englandfootballonline com 19 February 2016 Retrieved 27 April 2018 Holley Duncan Chalk Gary 1992 The Alphabet of the Saints ACL amp Polar Publishing p 34 ISBN 0 9514862 3 3 External links EditFred Blackburn at westhamstats info Fred Blackburn at Englandstats com nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to association football in England about a midfielder born in the 1870s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fred Blackburn footballer amp oldid 1164004947, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
