Fred Bullock (footballer)

Frederick Edwin Bullock (1 July 1886 – 14 November 1922) was an English professional footballer, best remembered for his 11-year spell with Huddersfield Town, before, during and after the First World War.^[4] He played left back and captained the club.^[2]

Fred Bullock

Bullock while with Huddersfield Town in 1920.
Personal information
Full name	Frederick Edwin Bullock[1]
Date of birth	(1886-07-01)1 July 1886
Place of birth	Whitton, England[2]
Date of death	14 November 1922(1922-11-14) (aged 36)[2]
Place of death	Huddersfield, England
Height	5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.71 m)[3]
Position(s)	Left back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1904–1908	Hounslow Town
1908–1909	Custom House
1909–1910	Ilford
1910–1922	Huddersfield Town	202	(1)
1916–1919	→ Brentford (guest)	29	(0)
International career
1910	England Amateurs	1	(0)
1920	England	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

Bullock won one cap for England, which came in a 2–0 win over Ireland in 1920.^[2] He won an amateur cap in 1910.^[5]

Personal life

Bullock was married to Maude and had one son.^[2] He served as a lance corporal in the Football Battalion during the First World War and was wounded in the right shoulder during the Battle of the Somme in 1916,^[2][6] in the region of Delville Wood and Guillemont.^[7] He was injured in the left knee after an accident in 1918 and was demobilised in March 1920.^[2][8] After his retirement from football in 1922, Bullock became landlord of the Slubber's Arms pub in Huddersfield.^[8] He died of heart failure due to ammonia poisoning in November 1922 and had been suffering "nerve troubles" during the month preceding his death.^[2][8][9]

Honours

Huddersfield Town

• Football League Second Division second-place promotion: 1919–20^[7]

Brentford

• London Combination: 1918–19^[10]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Huddersfield Town	1910–11[11]	Second Division	25	0	0	0	25	0
	1911–12[11]		28	0	1	0	29	0
	1912–13[11]		38	1	2	0	40	1
	1913–14[11]		25	0	0	0	25	0
	1914–15[11]		28	0	1	0	29	0
	1919–20[11]		33	0	6	0	39	0
	1920–21[11]	First Division	25	0	3	0	28	0
Career Total			202	1	13	0	215	1