Fred Bullock

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Fred Bullock
Personal information
Full name Frederick Edwin Bullock[1]
Date of birth (1886-07-01)1 July 1886
Place of birth Hounslow, England
Date of death 14 November 1922(1922-11-14) (aged 36)[2]
Place of death Huddersfield, England
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
Hounslow Town
Custom House
Ilford
1910–1921 Huddersfield Town 202 (1)
→ Brentford (guest) 12 (0)
Leeds United
National team
1910 England Amateurs 1 (0)
1920 England 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Frederick Edwin "Fred" Bullock (July 1886 – 1922) was an English football defender, best remembered for his eleven-year spell with Huddersfield Town, before, during and after the First World War.

International career

Bullock won one cap for England, which came in a 2–0 win over Ireland in 1920.[2] He won an amateur cap in 1910.[3]

Personal life

Bullock served as a corporal in the Football Battalion during the First World War.[4] He was wounded during the Battle of the Somme in 1916, in the region of Delville Wood and Guillemont.[4] Bullock died of ammonia poisoning in November 1922.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. p. 42. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  2. 1 2 "Player Report: Fred Bullock". englandstats.com. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
  3. ↑ "England Matches - The Amateurs 1906-1939". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  4. 1 2 3 Editor. "Larrett Roebuck: the first footballer in the English Football League to be killed in the Great War". Retrieved 29 March 2016.


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