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Fred Jones (footballer, born 1938)

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Fred Jones
Personal information
Full name Frederick George Jones
Date of birth 11 January 1938
Place of birth Gelligaer, Wales
Date of death 22 March 2013 (aged 75)
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Outside left
Youth career
1955–1956 Pontllanfraith
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1958 Hereford United
1958 Arsenal 0 (0)
1958–1960 Brighton 69 (14)
1960–1961 Swindon Town 18 (1)
1961–1963 Grimsby Town 58 (9)
1963–1964 Reading 30 (5)
1964–???? Hereford United
???–1973 Stafford Rangers
International career
1960 Wales U23 2
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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

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  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.