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Redfern
Froggatt |
Sheffield
Wednesday FC
4 appearances,
2 goals
P 4 W
3 D 1 L 0 F 18:
A
7
88% successful
1950-53
captain: none
minutes played: 360 |
 |
|
Timeline |
| |
Redfern Froggatt |
|
Birth |
23 August 1924 in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire [registered in
Ecclesall Bierlow, September 1924]. |
|
Marriage |
to Sheila M. Kinman
[registered in Sheffield, June 1951]. |
|
Death |
26 December
2003 at 18 Blackbrook Avenue in Sheffield,
aged
79 years 125 days
[registered in Sheffield, December 2003]. |
|
Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
|
Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
Bgan his
footballing career at Sheffield
YMCA, before joining Sheffield Wednesday FC as an amateur, before signing
professional forms in July 1942. He did not break into the side until
1945, and made 434 league appearances, scoring 140 goals,
up until 1962. This was despite him asking for a transfer on 31 December
1953, and rivals Sheffield United FC attempting to buy him, their offer
being rejected on 3 February 1954. Later, Redfern refused to join
Doncaster Rovers FC on 22 January 1960. Froggatt joined Stalybridge Celtic
FC in May 1962. |
|
Club honours |
Football League Division Two
runners-up 1949-50, winners 1951-52, 1955-56, 1958-59; |
|
Individual honours |
Football
League (one appearance) |
|
Distinctions |
Son of Frank
Froggatt (Sheffield Wednesday FC & Notts County FC centre-half) |
|
Height/Weight |
5'
11", 11st.
1lb [1950]. |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
|
England Career |
|
Player number |
718th
player to appear for England. |
|
Position(s) |
Inside-forward |
|
First match |
No. 274, 12 November 1952, England 5 Wales 2, a
British Championship match at the Empire Stadium, Wembley Park, London, aged
28 years
81 days. |
|
Last match |
No. 280, 8 June 1953, United States 3 England 6, a
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation celebration match at Yankee Stadium, Bronx,
New York, aged 28 years 289 days. |
|
Major tournaments |
World Cup
Finals 1950 (provisional squad);
British Championship
1952-53. |
|
Team honours |
British
Championship shared 1952-53. |
|
Individual honours |
England B
(one appearance, one goal, 1950) |
|
Distinctions |
Cousin of
Jack Froggatt |
|
Beyond England |
|
After retiring, worked as a
representative for a fuel oil firm. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.103. |
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The Numbers |
|
Parties |
Apps |
comp. apps |
unused |
minutes |
|
goals ave.min |
 |
captain |
|
5 |
4 |
2 |
four |
360 |
2 |
180
min |
one |
none |
|
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
18 |
7 |
+11 |
0 |
1 |
4.5 |
0.875 |
87.5 |
+3 |
Venue & Shirt Record
|
Venue & Colour |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
Home venue
White shirt |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
12 |
4 |
+8 |
0 |
1 |
4.00 |
1.333 |
83.3 |
+2 |
Away venue
Red shirt |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
6.00 |
3.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Competition Record
|
Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
British Championship |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
2.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
| Friendly |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
3 |
+8 |
0 |
1 |
4.50 |
1.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
Tournament Record
|
British Championship Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC 1952-53 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
2.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
|
BC
All |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
2.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
|
All Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
2.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
2.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
Match History
|
Club:
Sheffield Wednesday F.C. -
four full appearances (360 min) 2ᵍ |
manager: Walter
Winterbottom - four full appearances (360 min) 2ᵍx
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|
apps |
match |
pic |
match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
shirt |
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England's selectors
announced
on May 9, two squads (A and B) of 14 players each, for two separate
tours. Of the 28 names, twelve did not make it to the final World Cup
squad, including Redfern Froggatt. |
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