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Dan Tremelling

Birmingham FC

1 appearance, 2 goals against

P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F 1: A 2
0% successful

1927

captain: none
minutes played:
90

Timeline
  Richard Daniel Tremelling
Birth 12 November 1897 at 26 Alma Road in Newhall, Derbsyhire [registered in Burton, December 1897].
Baptism 2 January 1898 at St. John's Church in Newhall
 

According to the 1901 census, Richard D. is the sixth of seven children to Nicolas and Mary Ellen (née Crofts), living at 26 Alma Road in Newhall. His father is a coal mine hewer.

 

According to the 1911 census, Richard Daniel is confirmed as one of twelve children, four have died and four of them are on this return living with their parents at 26 Merchant Street in Shirebrook. Thirteen year old Richard is working on the coalbelts, at the same mine where his father remains a hewer.

Marriage to Edith Everett, on 20 May 1918 at St. Peter & St. Paul's Church, Warsop [registered in Mansfield, June 1918]. They had three children, Jack (b.1918), Vera (b.29 January 1921) and Keith Everett (b.18 February 1927).
  According to the 1921 census. Daniel is now a professional footballer (for Birmingham FC) and is now married to Edith and along with two children, Jack and Vera, they still live at 32 Merchant Street. 
 

According to the 1939 register, Richard D., a Birmingham FC trainer, is married to Edith, and with one child, Keith, they live at 42 Arden Oak Walk in the Sheldon area of Birmingham.

Death 15 August 1970, aged 72 years 276 days [registered in Birmingham, September 1970].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &

Playing Career

Club(s) Tremelling first played for Langworth Junction Wagon Works FC in the Mansfield Forest Church League. He began as a left-back, but after a few minutes into his debut, he was put in goal, and remained between the sticks for the rest of his career. He was picked to play for the Shirebrook FC team. During the war, he kept goal for Lincoln City FC, until he signed for Birmingham FC on 14 May 1919, although the Birmingham club had made their advancement of the goalkeeper manifest a month before. He kept goal 382 times in th league. After Harry Hibbs broke through into the first team, Tremelling left to join Bury FC on 29 May 1933, he had already requested to be placed on the transfer list back on 9 February 1929. He completed 57 league appearances until his retirment in 1936.
Club honours Football League Division Two winners 1920-21; FA Cup runners-up 1930-31;
Individual honours Football League (three appearances)
Distinctions Brother of Bill Tremelling (Blackpool FC and Preston North End FC centre-half)
Height/Weight 5' 10", 10st. 12lbs [1927].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career

Player number One of three who became the 524th player (524) to appear for England.
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Only match No. 158, 28 November 1927, England 1 Wales 2, a British Championship match at Turf Moor, Brunshaw Bottom, Burnley, aged 30 years 14 days.
Major tournaments British Championship 1927-28;
Team honours None
Individual honours None
Distinctions Died seven days after Jerry Dawson

Beyond England

Left school to work in the pits at Worksop. Returned to St. Andrews on 1 July 1936 after leaving Bury FC to become the assistant trainer until the war. After WWII, he was licensee of the Old Lodge Hotel in Birmingham. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.249/50.

 

Dan Tremelling - Career Statistics
Squads Apps comp. apps Mins. GA GA Av.
min
Clean
Sheets
Cln
Sht Av.
Capt. Disc.
1 1 1 90 2 45 0 0 none 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.

 

Dan Tremelling - Match Record - All Matches - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home - British Championship 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 1.00 2.00 0.00 -1
All 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 1.00 2.00 0.00 -1

 

Dan Tremelling - Match Record - Tournament Matches
British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1927-28 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 1.00 2.00 0.00 -1
BC All 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 1.00 2.00 0.00 -1
All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 1.00 2.00 0.00 -1
All 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 1.00 2.00 0.00 -1


Dan Tremelling - Match History
 

 Club: Birmingham F.C. - one full appearance (90 min)

F.A. International Selection Committee - one full appearance (90 min)x

Age 30
1 158 28 November 1927 - England 1 Wales 2, Turf Moor, Burnley BC HL Start gk

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