| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frederick James Arthur Cox[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 November 1920[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Reading, England | ||
| Date of death | 7 August 1973 (aged 52)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Bournemouth,[1] England | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| St George's Lads Club | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 193?–1949 | Tottenham Hotspur | 99 | (15) |
| 1936–1938 | → Northfleet United (loan) | ||
| 1949–1953 | Arsenal | 79 | (9) |
| 1953–1954 | West Bromwich Albion | 4 | (1) |
| Total | 182 | (25) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1956–1958 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | ||
| 1958–1961 | Portsmouth | ||
| 1962–1965 | Gillingham | ||
| 1965–1970 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Frederick James Arthur Cox DFC (1 November 1920 – 7 August 1973) was an English football player and manager. Playing as a winger, he scored 25 goals from 182 appearances in the Football League either side of the Second World War,[1] and was on the winning side for Arsenal in the 1950 FA Cup Final. He then spent 14 years as a manager at Football League level.
During the war, he served as a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.