Fred Appleyard (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fred Appleyard[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 13 June 1909 | ||
| Place of birth | Norden, England | ||
| Date of death | March 1995 (aged 85) | ||
| Place of death | Ulverston, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Left-half / Inside-left[3] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Norden St James | |||
| 1928–1932 | Rochdale | 6 | (0) |
| 1933–193? | Norden Congregationalists | ||
| 1935–19?? | Rochdale St Clement's | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Fred Appleyard (13 June 1909 – March 1995) was an English professional footballer who played as a left-half or inside-left in the Football League for Rochdale, and in non-League football for Norden St James, Norden Congregationalists and Rochdale St Clement's.
Life and career[edit]
Fred Appleyard was born on 13 June 1909 in Norden, Rochdale, Lancashire.[4] He was the second son of George Appleyard, a domestic coachman, and his wife Sarah, and had an older brother, Willie.[5]
Appleyard played in non-League football for Norden St James[1] before signing for Third Division North club Rochdale on amateur forms in January 1928.[4] He made his debut on 9 March 1929 in a 5–1 defeat away to Tranmere Rovers in the league, which proved to be his only appearance of the 1928–29 season.[1] He turned professional in 1930,[4] and made his next first-team appearance in November of that year. He appeared in four matches in the 1930–31 season, three in the league and one in the FA Cup.[1] Having finished in 21st place, Rochdale had to apply for re-election, and with the club's future uncertain, Appleyard was one of just six players offered terms for the 1931–32 season.[6] Their application was successful, and Appleyard made two more league appearances. His last, in January 1932, was as stand-in for Rochdale's regular left half, George Ward, in a 3–2 defeat at home to Crewe Alexandra.[1][7] After leaving Rochdale he returned to playing in non-League with Norden Congregationalists, which he joined in June 1933, and Rochdale St Clement's from September 1935.[4]
The 1939 Register finds Appleyard living in Rochdale with his parents and a younger sister and employed as a production process worker in textile bleaching and dyeing.[8] He died in Ulverston, Cumbria, in March 1995 at the age of 85.[1][9]
Career statistics[edit]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rochdale | 1928–29 | Third Division North | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1930–31 | Third Division North | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1931–32 | Third Division North | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Career total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g "Player Details: Fred Appleyard". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ "Rochdale". Athletic News. Manchester. 4 August 1930. p. 15.
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- ^ a b c d Phillipps, Steven (2013). Rochdale AFC: Who's Who 1907–1939. Nottingham: Soccerdata. ISBN 978-1-905891-64-1.
- ^ "1911 England Census for Fred Appleyard: Lancashire, Norden RG14/24649" – via Ancestry.com.
- ^ "Rochdale offer terms to six players". Northern Daily Mail. West Hartlepool. 29 April 1931. p. 7.
- ^ "Crewe's great fight at Rochdale". Evening Sentinel. Stoke-on-Trent. 30 January 1932. p. 5.
- ^ "1939 England and Wales Register for Fred Appleyard: Lancashire, Rochdale CB, NNRQ" – via Ancestry.com.
- ^ "Fred Appleyard in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007". Retrieved 21 June 2021 – via Ancestry.com.