Fred Geary
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For the English cricketer, see Fred Geary (cricketer).
Fred Geary (23 January 1868 – 8 January 1955) was an English professional footballer who played at centre forward for Everton in the 1890s, and made two appearances for England, scoring a hat-trick on his debut.
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Date of birth | (1868-01-23)23 January 1868 | ||
Place of birth | Hyson Green, England | ||
Date of death | 8 January 1955(1955-01-08) (aged 86) | ||
Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Balmoral (Nottingham) | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1886–1887 | Notts Rangers | ||
1887–1888 | Grimsby Town | ||
1888–1889 | Notts Rangers | ||
1889 | Notts County | 0 | (0) |
1889 | Notts Rangers | ||
1889–1895 | Everton | 91 | (78) |
1895–1896 | Liverpool | 39 | (14) |
International career | |||
1890–1891 | England | 2 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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At Everton, he was a prolific goal-scorer, with 86 goals in 99 appearances,[1] helping them to win the Football League championship for the first time in 1890–91. He was "the first Everton centre-forward to capture the imagination of their supporters"[2] and "in his era he was as important to Everton as Dixie Dean was some years later".[3]