Syd Mellor
{{short description|English footballer}}
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{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Syd Mellor
| image =
| birth_date = 13 September 1893
| birth_place = Leek, England
| death_date = {{death year and age|1965|1893}}
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7+1/2}}{{cite news |title=Football's advent. Stoke |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=15 August 1921 |page=6}}
| position = Inside left
| years1 = 1919 | clubs1 = Leek Town | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 1920–1922 | clubs2 = Stoke | caps2 = 11 | goals2 = 1
| years3 = 1922–1925 | clubs3 = Macclesfield | caps3 = 124 | goals3 = 46
| years4 = 1925 | clubs4 = Congleton Town | caps4 = | goals4 =
}}
Sydney Mellor (1893 – 1965) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke.{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}
Career
Mellor was born in Leek and played for the local club Leek Town before joining Stoke in 1920. He played 11 times for Stoke scoring once which came in a 4–2 win away at Derby County on 25 February 1922.
Career statistics
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References
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Category:Footballers from Leek, Staffordshire
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Macclesfield Town F.C. players
Category:Stoke City F.C. players
Category:Congleton Town F.C. players
Category:English Football League players