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English association football player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Personal information | |||
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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 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]
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