Fred Shinton

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Fred Shinton

| image =

| fullname = Frederick Shinton

| birth_date = {{birth date|1883|2|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wednesbury, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1923|4|11|1883|3|7|df=y}}

| death_place = Wednesbury, England

| height =

| position = Centre forward

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1905–1907 | clubs1 = West Bromwich Albion | caps1 = 64 | goals1 = 46

| years2 = 1907–1910 | clubs2 = Leicester Fosse | caps2 = 78 | goals2 = 51

| years3 = 1910–1911 | clubs3 = Bolton Wanderers | caps3 = 7 | goals3 = 1

| years4 = 1911 | clubs4 = Leicester Fosse | caps4 = 14 | goals4 = 5

| years5 = 1911–191? | clubs5 = Wednesbury Old Athletic

| totalcaps = 163

| totalgoals = 103

}}

Frederick Shinton (7 March 1883 – 11 April 1923) was an English footballer who played at centre forward or inside right. He scored 103 goals from 163 appearances in the Football League.{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |date=2004 |page=237 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}

Biography

Shinton was born in Wednesbury. He turned professional with West Bromwich Albion in April 1905 and remained with them until November 1907, when he joined Leicester Fosse for £150. In August 1910 he moved to Bolton Wanderers for a £1000 fee, but re-joined Leicester Fosse just five months later, for £750.{{cite book | last = Matthews | first = Tony | title = The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion | publisher = Breedon Books | date = 2005 | page = 213 | isbn = 1-85983-474-4}}

Shinton was not offered a contract by Fosse at the end of the 1910–11 season and instead joined Wednesbury Old Athletic, playing for the club in the Birmingham & District League. He featured in the club's Wednesbury Charity Cup winning side v Darlaston in March 1912, but although captaining the side at the start of the following season, he appears to have made no further appearances after October 1912.{{cite book | last = Carr | first = Steve | title = The Old Uns Revisited – Wednesbury Old Athletic 1893 to 1924 | publisher = Spellbound | date = 2010 | page = 68 | isbn = 978-0-9565030-1-5}}

He died at home in Wednesbury in April 1923 after a long illness.{{cite news |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19230416/040/0006 |title=Sporting items |newspaper=Daily Mail |location=Hull |date=16 April 1923 |page=6 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}
Matthews' Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion gives Lancaster as place of death, but Wednesbury is consistent with death registration records.
{{cite web |url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=bmd/d/1923/2/az/000832/108 |title=England & Wales deaths 1837–2007 Transcription |at=Frederick Shinton. Death quarter: 2. Death year: 1923. District: West Bromwich. County: Staffordshire. Volume: 6B. Page: 877 |url-access=subscription |via=Findmypast}}

References

Category:1883 births

Category:1923 deaths

Category:Footballers from Wednesbury

Category:English men's footballers

Category:Men's association football forwards

Category:West Bromwich Albion F.C. players

Category:Leicester City F.C. players

Category:Bolton Wanderers F.C. players

Category:Wednesbury Old Athletic F.C. players

Category:English Football League players