Fred Spiksley

Fred Spiksley
Personal information
Full name Frederick Spiksley
Date of birth (1870-01-25)25 January 1870
Place of birth Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
Date of death 28 July 1948(1948-07-28) (aged 78)
Place of death Goodwood Racecourse, England
Position(s) Outside Left
Youth career
1883-c.1886 Holy Trinity School, Gainsborough
c. 1884 Eclipse
1887 Gainsborough Jubilee Swifts
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1886 Gainsborough Working Men's Club
1886 Gainsborough Wednesday
1887–1891 Gainsborough Trinity
1891–1903 Wednesday 293 (100)
1904 Glossop North End 3 (1)
1905 Leeds City 7 (0)
1905–1906 Southern United ? (?)
1906 Watford 11 (5)
International career
1893–1898 England 7 (7)
Managerial career
1910 IFK Norrköping
1911 AIK Stockholm
1911 Sweden
1911–1912 MTV Munich 1879
1912–1914 1. FC Nürnberg
1922–1924 Reforma AC
1922–1924 Real Club España
1926–1927 1. FC Nürnberg
1928 Lausanne Sports
1931 CF Badalona
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frederick 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.