Fred Bullock
Frederick Edwin Bullock (1 July 1886 – 14 November 1922) was an English professional footballer, best remembered for his 11-year spell with Huddersfield Town, before, during and after the First World War.[4] He played left back and captained the club.[2]
 Bullock while with Huddersfield Town in 1920. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frederick Edwin Bullock[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 July 1886 | ||
| Place of birth | Whitton, England[2] | ||
| Date of death | 14 November 1922 (aged 36)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Huddersfield, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 1⁄2 in (1.71 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1904–1908 | Hounslow Town | ||
| 1908–1909 | Custom House | ||
| 1909–1910 | Ilford | ||
| 1910–1922 | Huddersfield Town | 202 | (1) |
| 1916–1919 | → Brentford (guest) | 29 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1910 | England Amateurs | 1 | (0) |
| 1920 | England | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
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.[5]
Personal life
Bullock was married to Maude and had one son.[2] He served as a lance corporal in the Football Battalion during the First World War and was wounded in the right shoulder during the Battle of the Somme in 1916,[2][6] in the region of Delville Wood and Guillemont.[7] He was injured in the left knee after an accident in 1918 and was demobilised in March 1920.[2][8] After his retirement from football in 1922, Bullock became landlord of the Slubber's Arms pub in Huddersfield.[8] He died of heart failure due to ammonia poisoning in November 1922 and had been suffering "nerve troubles" during the month preceding his death.[2][8][9]
Honours
Huddersfield Town
- Football League Second Division second-place promotion: 1919–20[7]
Brentford
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Huddersfield Town | 1910–11[11] | Second Division | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 1911–12[11] | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 1912–13[11] | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 1 | ||
| 1913–14[11] | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 1914–15[11] | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 1919–20[11] | 33 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| 1920–21[11] | First Division | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 202 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 215 | 1 | ||
References
- Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 45. ISBN 190589161X.
- "England Players – Fred Bullock". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- Woolwinder (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Huddersfield Town". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
- "Bullock Fred Huddersfield Town 1922". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- "England Matches – The Amateurs 1906–1939". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- Fred Bullock on Lives of the First World War
- Robinson, Andrew (15 March 2017). "Ask Examiner: What's known about Town's Fred Bullock?". huddersfieldexaminer. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- "Football Battalion and England star who could not cope". Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- "Larrett Roebuck: the first footballer in the English Football League to be killed in the Great War". Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 363–365. ISBN 0951526200.
- "Player Profile – Bullock, Fred". Huddersfield Town AFC Archive. Retrieved 2 August 2020.