Redfern Froggatt

Redfern Froggatt (23 August 1924 – 26 December 2003) was an English footballer for Sheffield Wednesday and England. In total he received four England caps scoring 2 goals.

Redfern Froggatt
Personal information
Date of birth (1924-08-23)23 August 1924
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Date of death 26 December 2003(2003-12-26) (aged 79)
Place of death Sheffield, England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945–1960 Sheffield Wednesday[1] 434 (140)
National team
1950 England B 1 (1)
1952–1953 England 4 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

In 1942 'Red' was signed from Sheffield YMCA but did not become a regular player in the Sheffield Wednesday side until 1945. Over the course of the next 15 years he would go on to make a total of 498 appearances for the club, mostly as a striker but playing over 50 games as a winger, scoring 149 goals. On New Year's Eve 1953, Froggatt submitted a transfer request, and an offer from Steel City derby rivals Sheffield United was rejected in February 1954.[2]

His final game for Wednesday came in the 1959–60 season. On 22 January 1960, Froggatt turned down a move to fellow South Yorkshire club Doncaster Rovers, before signing for Stalybridge Celtic in 1962.[2]

International career

Froggatt received his first representative honours when he played for England B against Switzerland B at his club's ground of Hillsborough, on 18 January 1950.[2]

Froggatt featured on the 28-man longlist for the 1950 FIFA World Cup, however was excluded from the final squad.[3] He made his England debut in a British Home Championship match against Wales on 12 November 1952, before scoring his first England goal in the following international fixture a fortnight later, against Belgium.[2] Froggatt faced Scotland in his third consecutive England international.[2] His fourth and last England cap was his first away from Wembley Stadium, and came on 8 June 1953 against the United States at Yankee Stadium in New York, in which he scored one of the Three Lions' six.[2]

Personal life

Redfern was the son of former Wednesday captain and Notts County centre-half Frank Froggatt, and the cousin of England international Jack Froggatt.[2]

References
  1. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/redfernfroggatt.html
  2. "England Players - Redfern Froggatt". englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  3. Parkinson, Gary (16 May 2018). "England's World Cup rejects: a brief history of woe and where-are-they-nows". fourfourtwo.com. FourFourTwo. Retrieved 17 May 2018.


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