Walter Freeman (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | June 1887[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Handsworth, Birmingham, England | ||
| Place of death | Birmingham, England | ||
| Playing position | Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1904 | Aston Martin | ||
| 1904–1905 | Lowestoft Town | ||
| 1905–1906 | Aston Villa | 0 | (0) |
| 1906–1909 | Fulham[2] | 57 | (22) |
| 1909–1911 | Birmingham | 37 | (11) |
| 1911–1914 | Walsall | ||
| 1914–1915 | Wellington Town | ||
| 1915–19?? | Walsall | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Walter D. Freeman (June 1887 – after 1918) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward. He scored 21 goals from 58 appearances in the Football League playing for Fulham and Birmingham.[3]
With Fulham, he won the Southern League championship in 1906–07, which resulted in their election to the Second Division, and scored their first ever goal in the Football League, the only goal of the game at Derby County.[4]
He was Birmingham's top scorer in the 1909–10 Football League season with 10 goals.[5]
Freeman was born in Handsworth, Birmingham, and died in Birmingham.[1] His brother, Bert, was an England international,[1] and a prolific goalscorer for Woolwich Arsenal, Everton, Burnley and Wigan Borough.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ↑ "Walter Freeman – Player Profile". Fulhamweb. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ↑ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 95. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- ↑ "Early Days". Fulham F.C. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ↑ Matthews, p. 156.
- ↑ Joyce, p. 94.