Fred Pickering

{{Short description|English footballer (1941–2019)}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2014}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Fred Pickering

| image =

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| full_name = Frederick Pickering{{Hugman|15753|access-date=17 April 2020}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|1|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Blackburn, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|2|9|1941|1|19|df=y}}

| death_place = Lancashire, England

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}{{cite book |title=Blackburn Rovers: the official encyclopaedia |first=Mike |last=Jackman |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |date=1994 |page=[https://archive.org/details/blackburnroverso0000jack/page/178 178] |isbn=1-873626-70-3 |url=https://archive.org/details/blackburnroverso0000jack/page/178}}

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1959–1964

| clubs1 = Blackburn Rovers

| caps1 = 123

| goals1 = 59

| years2 = 1964–1967

| clubs2 = Everton

| caps2 = 97

| goals2 = 56

| years3 = 1967–1969

| clubs3 = Birmingham

| caps3 = 74

| goals3 = 27

| years4 = 1969–1971

| clubs4 = Blackpool

| caps4 = 49

| goals4 = 24

| years5 = 1971–1972

| clubs5 = Blackburn Rovers

| caps5 = 11

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 1972

| clubs6 = Brighton & Hove Albion

| caps6 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| totalcaps = 354

| totalgoals = 168

| nationalyears1 = 1964

| nationalteam1 = England

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 5

}}

Frederick Pickering (19 January 1941 – 9 February 2019){{cite news|last1=Athey|first1=Neil|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/17421593.former-blackburn-rovers-star-fred-pickering-dies-aged-78/|title=Former Blackburn Rovers star Fred Pickering dies aged 78|access-date=9 February 2019|work=Lancashire Telegraph|date=9 February 2019}} was an English professional footballer who played as a forward.