Freddie Fox (footballer)

Frederick Samuel Fox (22 November 1898 – 15 May 1968)[5] was an English football goalkeeper.

Freddie Fox
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(1968-05-15) (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[3] 106 (0)
1925–1927 Millwall 28 (0)
1927–1928 Halifax Town 13 (0)
1928–1931 Brentford 74 (0)
Truro City
International career
1925 England[4] 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,[3] and also gained one cap for England.[6]

In 1925 he played[4] 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

  1. "Freddie Fox". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. Pavo (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Preston North End". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 6.
  3. Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 18. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
  4. www.englandstats.com. "Player stats at Englandstats.com". Retrieved 21 June 2007.
  5. "England players: Frederick Fox". englandfootballonline. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  6. History. "Gillingham FC History". gillinghamfootballclub.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  7. www.englandstats.com. "Match report on Englandstats.com". Retrieved 21 June 2007.
  8. Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 58. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.


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