Dan Tremelling

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| name = Dan Tremelling

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| fullname = Richard Daniel Tremelling

| birth_date = {{birth date|1897|11|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Newhall, Derbyshire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1970|8|15|1897|11|12|df=y}}

| death_place = Birmingham, England

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}{{cite book |title="Blues" News. The Official Programme of Birmingham Football Club, Ltd. |url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/object?id=796%20EFC/7/39/1&p=2 |page=4 |date=30 August 1924 |publisher=Birmingham F.C}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 = – | youthclubs1 = Langwith Colliery Junction Wagon Works

| youthyears2 = – | youthclubs2 = Shirebrook Juniors

| years1 = – | clubs1 = Mansfield Town | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1918–1919 | clubs2 = Lincoln City | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1919–1932 | clubs3 = Birmingham | caps3 = 382 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1932–1936 | clubs4 = Bury | caps4 = 57 | goals4 = 0

| totalcaps = 439 | totalgoals = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1927 | nationalteam1 = England | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Richard Daniel Tremelling (12 November 1897 – 15 August 1970){{cite web |title=England players: Dan Tremelling |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersT/BioTremellingRD.html |website=englandfootballonline |access-date=12 September 2018 |date=21 January 2018}} was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |date=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |isbn=1-85983-010-2}} He made nearly 450 appearances in the Football League for Birmingham and Bury,{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |date=2004 |page=262 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}} including more than 300 in the First Division, and was capped for England.

Family

His brothers Sol and Billy were also footballers, as was a fourth brother, Jack.{{cite news|title=Footballing Family|publisher=Sports Argus|date=8 October 1949|page=4}} His nephew Arthur (son of Sol) was also a footballer.{{cite web|url=https://www.gresleyfc.com/players/?id=1537|title=Arthur Tremelling profile|access-date=27 June 2019|publisher=Gresley F.C.}}

Playing career

Tremelling was born in Newhall, Derbyshire. He first played for his local team, Langwith Colliery Junction Wagon Works, as a full back, but went in goal when they were hit by injuries. He played for Mansfield Town, and appeared for Lincoln City in wartime competition,{{cite web |url=http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=trem01 |title=Dan Tremelling |work=The Lincoln City FC Archive |publisher=Lincoln City F.C |access-date=27 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043702/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=trem01 |archive-date=4 March 2016}} but moved to Birmingham before league football resumed after the First World War. He went straight in as first choice goalkeeper, and remained so for eleven seasons, until Harry Hibbs took over in the 1929–30 season.

He played a key role in the destination of the First Division title on the final day of the 1923–24 season. His Birmingham City side faced Cardiff City who needed a win to take the title. Cardiff were awarded a penalty but Tremelling saved Len Davies' penalty kick as the match finished 0–0, ensuring that Herbert Chapman's Huddersfield Town won the title by 0.024 of a goal.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2018/aug/24/a-trip-down-memory-lane-via-maine-road-and-filbert-street|title=A trip down memory lane via Maine Road and Filbert Street |work=The Guardian |date=24 August 2018 |access-date=12 September 2018}}

He won his only full cap for England on 28 November 1927, in a 2–1 defeat to Wales played at Turf Moor, Burnley. He moved to Bury in May 1932, but returned to Birmingham in June 1936 as assistant trainer, a position which he held for five years.

After retiring from football he went into the licensed trade, at the Old Lodge Hotel in Birmingham.