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Freddie Fox (footballer)
Frederick Samuel Fox (22 November 1898 – 15 May 1968)[5] was an English football goalkeeper.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frederick Samuel Fox | ||
| Date of birth | 22 November 1898 | ||
| Place of birth | Highworth, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 15 May 1968 (aged 69)[1] | ||
| Place of death | High Wycombe, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Swindon Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Abertillery | |||
| 1921–1922 | Preston North End | 3 | (0) |
| 1922–1925 | Gillingham[4] | 106 | (0) |
| 1925–1927 | Millwall | 28 | (0) |
| 1927–1928 | Halifax Town | 13 | (0) |
| 1928–1931 | Brentford | 74 | (0) |
| Truro City | |||
| International career | |||
| 1925 | England[3] | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He played for several clubs, including Gillingham (where he played over 100 Football League matches) and Brentford during the 1920s and 1930s,[4] and also gained one cap for England.[6]
In 1925 he played[3] for England against France. He was injured and had to withdraw from the game after France's second goal on 75 minutes, but England, finishing the match with nine men, hung on to win 3–2.[7]
Later in life, Fox served as a director at hometown club Swindon Town.[8]
References edit
- ^ a b "Freddie Fox". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Pavo (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Preston North End". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 6.
- ^ a b "Freddie Fox". Englandstats.com. Retrieved 21 June 2007.
- ^ a b Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 18. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
- ^ "England players: Frederick Fox". englandfootballonline. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ History. "Gillingham FC History". gillinghamfootballclub.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ www.englandstats.com. . Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2007.
- ^ Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 58. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.