Freddie Fox (footballer)

Freddie Fox
Personal information
Full name Frederick Samuel Fox
Date of birth 22 November 1898
Place of birth Swindon, England
Date of death 15 May 1968(1968-05-15) (aged 69)
Place of death High Wycombe, England
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Swindon Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Abertillery
1921-1922 Preston North End 3 (0)
1922-1925 Gillingham[1] 106 (0)
1925-1927 Millwall 28 (0)
1927-1928 Halifax Town 13 (0)
1928-1931 Brentford 74 (0)
Truro City
National team
1925 England[2] 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Frederick Samuel "Freddie" Fox (22 November 1898 - 15 May 1968) was an English football goalkeeper.

He played for several clubs, including Gillingham (where he played over 100 Football League matches) and Brentford during the 1920s and 1930s,[1] and also gained one cap for England.[3]

In 1925 he was selected[2] to represent England against France. Following an earlier withdrawal by goalscorer Vivian Gibbins, England finished with nine men, but managed to hang on to win the game 3-2.[4]

Later in life, Fox served as a director at hometown club Swindon Town.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 18. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
  2. 1 2 www.englandstats.com. "Player stats at Englandstats.com". Retrieved 2007-06-21.
  3. History. "Gillingham FC History". gillinghamfootballclub.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  4. www.englandstats.com. "Match report on Englandstats.com". Retrieved 2007-06-21.
  5. Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 58. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.


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