Fred_Jones_(footballer_born_1938)

Fred Jones (footballer, born 1938)

Fred Jones (footballer, born 1938)

Welsh footballer


Fred Jones (11 January 1938 – 22 March 2013) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as an outside left in the 1950s and early 1960s, and won two caps for his country's under-23 side.[1][2] After developing in the youth team at Hereford United, he left to join Arsenal in January 1958. He made no first-team competitive appearances for the London club in his nine months there, although he did play in a friendly against Eintracht Frankfurt in February 1958.

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In September 1958 he moved on to Brighton & Hove Albion. Spells at Swindon Town[3] and Grimsby Town followed and he finished his League career at Reading.[4]


References

  1. Hugman, B (1998). The PFA Premier League and Football League Players' Records 1946-98. Harpenden, Queen Anne Press. ISBN 1-85291-585-4.
  2. Prime, Richard (25 March 2013). "Hereford United legend Freddie Jones dies in Derby at 75". Hereford Times. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  3. "Swindon Town Profile". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  4. "Career summary". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 6 December 2018.



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