Fred Bullock (footballer)

Frederick Edwin Bullock (1 July 1886 – 14 November 1922) was an English professional footballer, best remembered for his 11-year spell with Huddersfield Town, before, during and after the First World War.[4] He played left back and captained the club.[2]

Fred Bullock
Bullock while with Huddersfield Town in 1920.
Personal information
Full name Frederick Edwin Bullock[1]
Date of birth (1886-07-01)1 July 1886
Place of birth Whitton, England[2]
Date of death 14 November 1922(1922-11-14) (aged 36)[2]
Place of death Huddersfield, England
Height 5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.71 m)[3]
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1904–1908 Hounslow Town
1908–1909 Custom House
1909–1910 Ilford
1910–1922 Huddersfield Town 202 (1)
1916–1919 → Brentford (guest) 29 (0)
International career
1910 England Amateurs 1 (0)
1920 England 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

Bullock won one cap for England, which came in a 2–0 win over Ireland in 1920.[2] He won an amateur cap in 1910.[5]

Personal life

Bullock was married to Maude and had one son.[2] He served as a lance corporal in the Football Battalion during the First World War and was wounded in the right shoulder during the Battle of the Somme in 1916,[2][6] in the region of Delville Wood and Guillemont.[7] He was injured in the left knee after an accident in 1918 and was demobilised in March 1920.[2][8] After his retirement from football in 1922, Bullock became landlord of the Slubber's Arms pub in Huddersfield.[8] He died of heart failure due to ammonia poisoning in November 1922 and had been suffering "nerve troubles" during the month preceding his death.[2][8][9]

Honours

Huddersfield Town

Brentford

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Huddersfield Town 1910–11[11] Second Division 25 0 0 0 25 0
1911–12[11] 28 0 1 0 29 0
1912–13[11] 38 1 2 0 40 1
1913–14[11] 25 0 0 0 25 0
1914–15[11] 28 0 1 0 29 0
1919–20[11] 33 0 6 0 39 0
1920–21[11] First Division 25 0 3 0 28 0
Career Total 202 1 13 0 215 1

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 45. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. "England Players – Fred Bullock". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  3. Woolwinder (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Huddersfield Town". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
  4. "Bullock Fred Huddersfield Town 1922". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  5. "England Matches – The Amateurs 1906–1939". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  6. Fred Bullock on Lives of the First World War
  7. Robinson, Andrew (15 March 2017). "Ask Examiner: What's known about Town's Fred Bullock?". huddersfieldexaminer. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  8. "Football Battalion and England star who could not cope". Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  9. "Larrett Roebuck: the first footballer in the English Football League to be killed in the Great War". Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  10. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 363–365. ISBN 0951526200.
  11. "Player Profile – Bullock, Fred". Huddersfield Town AFC Archive. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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