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Fred
Fox |
Millwall Athletic FC
1 appearance,
2 goals against
P 1 W 1 D
0 L 0 F 3: A 2
100% successful
1925
captain: none
minutes played: 76 |
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Timeline |
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Frederick Samuel Fox |
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Birth |
Tuesday,
22 November 1898 in Highworth, near Swindon, Wiltshire [registered in
Highworth, December 1898]. His service records state Fox was
born on 4 November, however, his 1939 register and history books state the
22nd. |
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According to the 1901
census, Frederick is the only child to Samuel and Alice. His father is a
railway shearing machinist. They live at 9 Beatrice Street in Swindon. |
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According to the 1911
census, and still the only child, Frederick is a scholar, while his father
is a 'machineman shearing iron, etc.'. They live at 75 Roseberry Street in
Swindon.
According to his seamen records, Fox, a fitter & turner,
engaged with the Royal Navy Air Service on 24 January 1917, serving with
them until 31 March 1918. Serving at President II, a stone frigate in
Crystal Palace, Cranwell and then Kingsnorth, then serving on board the
Daedalus, a depot ship, from 1 July 1917. |
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According to the 1921 census, Frederick is living at home
with his parents and a boarder at 75 Roseberry Street. He is a fitter &
turner. |
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Marriage |
to Florence L.M. Hampton
[registered in Richmond, June 1926]. They had one child, Stuart S.E.
(b.10 July 1927). |
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According to the 1939 register, Frederick S., a licensed victualler, is
married to Florence L.M., and living at The Hope Inn, 1 Bodmin Street in
Truro, along with a son, Stuart, and his other-in-law, Florence M. |
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Death |
Wednesday, 15 May
1968 in High Wycombe,
aged
69 years 175 days
[registered in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, June 1968]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Played junior football in Swindon before joining
Swindon Town FC during WW1. After the war, he was playing with Abertillery
FC during 1920-21, before signing with Preston North End FC on 15 August
1921. He made just three league appearances
before being transferred to Gillingham FC in July 1922.
After 106 league appearances, he was placed on the ransfer list in
March 1925, and joined Millwall Athletic FC in April 1925.
After just 28 league outings, Halifax
Town AFC signed Fox on 21 June 1927, where he
made another thirteen league appearances. Brentford AFC signed Fox
on transfer deadline day, 15 March 1928, making
74 league appearances. In September 1931, Fox signed on with Truro
CC, as he obtained the license of The Hope Inn. This was followed up on 20
October, when Cornish Senior League side, Truro City FC signed him. |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Played cricket for Truro CC and represented Cornwall CC |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10", 12st.
4lbs [1925],
5'
11", 12st.
0lbs [1927],
11st.
12lbs [1930]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of
five who became the
490th
players (490)
to appear
for England.
54th goalkeeper to appear |
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Position(s) |
Goalkeeper |
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Only match |
No.
146, 21 May
1925, France 2 England 3, an end-of-season friendly match at
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris,
injured off (76), aged 26 years
180 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Only the second
Wiltshirian to represent England.
Died eight days after Tom Urwin |
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Beyond England |
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No additional information, but his
1939 register confirms he was a licensed victualler of The Hope Inn in
Truro, from 28 September 1931. In January 1938, he was appointed as a
secondary school coach in Truro, replaced
Fred Titmuss. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.101. |
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The Numbers |
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Parties |
Appearances |
Mins. |
Goals
Against |
GA Av.
min |
Clean
Sheets |
Cln
Sht Av |
captain |
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1 |
1 |
76 |
6 |
38 min |
none |
none |
none |
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minutes are approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Match Record
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Venue &
Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
Away venue
Friendly match |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Match History
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Club:
Millwall Athletic F.C. - 1 full appearance(76
min) |
F.A. International Select Committee - 1
full appearance (76 min)x
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Notes
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