Fred Urmson

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Fred Urmson
Personal information
Date of birth 26 November 1907
Place of birth Little Hulton, England
Date of death 11 September 1985(1985-09-11) (aged 77)
Place of death Blackpool, England
Height 5 ft 7+12 in (1.71 m)[1]
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1927 Atherton
1927–1936 Tranmere Rovers 310 (04)
1936– Exeter City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fred Urmson (26 November 1907 – 11 September 1985)[2] was an English footballer who played as an outside left for Atherton, Tranmere Rovers and Exeter City.[3] He made 333 appearances for Tranmere, scoring 107 goals.[2]

He also played for Stalybridge Celtic and South Liverpool and Mossley, where he scored eight goals in 28 appearances in the 1939–40 season.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Exeter City. Only 6 kept on". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xii – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve; Bishop, Peter (24 July 2009). "Player Records". Tranmere Rovers: The Complete Record. Breedon. pp. 520–538. ISBN 978-1-85983-711-5.
  3. ^ Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve (November 1997). "Players' Data". Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997: A Complete Record. pp. 101–108. ISBN 978-0-9518648-2-1.
  4. ^ "Complete A-Z of Mossley Players". Mossley Web. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2019.