Fred Spiksley
(1870-1948)

footballer

Died aged c. 78

Fred Spiksley (25 January 1870 – 28 July 1948) was an English footballer and coach, who played as a forward for Sheffield Wednesday and England. He also played for Gainsborough Trinity, Glossop North End, Leeds City, Watford. After retiring as a player in 1906, he worked as a coach and won national league titles in Sweden, Mexico and Germany. During the First World War he was arrested but escaped from a German Police prison.

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Fred Spiksley 1870-1948 international footballer and globetrotting coach. Winner of every major english football honour. Scored 131 goals in 124 games for Gainsborough Trinity, his hometown club. [full inscription unknown]

Gainsborough Football Stadium, Northolme, Gainsborough, United Kingdom where they played