Fred Haycock

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{for|the Aston Villa player|Freddie Haycock}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Fred Haycock

| image =

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| fullname =

| birth_date = 1886

| birth_place = Smethwick, England

| death_date = {{death year and age|1955|1886}}

| height =

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Smethwick Victoria

| years1 = – | clubs1 = Coombs Wood | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1904–1906 | clubs2 = West Bromwich Albion | caps2 = 15 | goals2 = 8

| years3 = – | clubs3 = Crewe Alexandra | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = – | clubs4 = Luton Town | caps4 = | goals4 =

| years5 = – | clubs5 = Portsmouth | caps5 = | goals5 =

| years6 = 1910–1911 | clubs6 = Lincoln City | caps6 = 25 | goals6 = 5

| years7 = 1911–1912 | clubs7 = Port Vale | caps7 = 24 | goals7 = 11

| years8 = – | clubs8 = Dudley Town | caps8 = | goals8 =

| years9 = – | clubs9 = Shrewsbury Town | caps9 = | goals9 =

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Frederick Haycock{{ref label|name|A|}} (1886–1955) was an English professional footballer who scored 13 goals from 40 appearances in the English Football League playing as a forward for West Bromwich Albion and Lincoln City.{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData (Tony Brown) |location=Nottingham |year=2004 |page=119 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}

Career

Haycock was born in Smethwick, then in Staffordshire. He began his professional career in the 1904–05 season, playing in the Football League Second Division for West Bromwich Albion. After a couple of years he left the club to join Crewe Alexandra of the Birmingham & District League, and then Southern League clubs Luton Town and Portsmouth, before returning to the Football League with Lincoln City in 1910. In his only season with the club, Haycock was their leading scorer, albeit with only six goals from League and FA Cup games as the team finished bottom of the League.{{cite web |url=http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=hayc01 |title=Frederick Haycock |work=The Lincoln City FC Archive |publisher=Lincoln City F.C |accessdate=11 September 2010}} Access individual season statistics via Season Stats dropdown menu. He moved on to Port Vale of the Central League in August 1911. A regular in the first XI, he was part of the side that won the Staffordshire Senior Cup in 1912.{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Jeff|title=Port Vale Personalities|publisher=Witan Books|page=131|year=1996|isbn=0-9529152-0-0}} He then moved back to the Birmingham & District with Dudley Town at the end of the 1911–12 season, later joining Shrewsbury Town. Haycock died in 1955.

Career statistics

Source:{{ENFA}}

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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|FA Cup

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="3"|West Bromwich Albion1904–05Second Division720072
1905–06Second Division860086
colspan="2"|Total

!15

800158
Lincoln City1910–11Second Division25531286
Port Vale1911–12Central League2411002411

Notes

A. {{note|name}}: The Lincoln City FC Archive gives his full name as George Frederick, whereas Joyce has Frederick J.

References