Fred Warburton

Fred Warburton

Personal information
Full name	Frederick Warburton
Date of birth	1880
Place of birth	England
Playing position	Inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1904–1905	Bolton Wanderers	1	(0)
1905	Bryn Central	?	(?)
1905–1907	Bury	11	(5)
1907–1908	Swindon Town	24	(9)
1908–1909	Plymouth Argyle	34	(1)
–	Accrington Stanley	?	(?)
–	Morecambe	?	(?)
Total		?	(?)
Teams managed
1910	Amsterdamsche FC
	Hercules Utrecht
1913–1935	HVV Den Haag
1919–1923	Netherlands
Honours Olympic Games 1920 Antwerp Football
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Frederick "Fred" Warburton (born 1880) was an English football player and manager active in the early part of the twentieth century.

Career

Playing career

Warburton played football professionally in England at the turn of the century. He played one game for Bolton Wanderers and then after slipping into the non-League with Bryn Central, he played for Bury for two seasons, registering five goals in 11 appearances from a position of inside forward. He later played in the Southern Football League for Swindon Town^[1] and Plymouth Argyle^[2] before playing for Accrington Stanley and Morecambe.^[3]

Coaching career

Warburton managed the Dutch national team from 1919 to 1923.^[4]

Warburton was in charge of the team at the 1920 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal.^[5]

Personal life

Warburton's sons Joe and George were also professional footballers.

References

1. "Swindon Town players". www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk.
2. "Plymouth Argyle Players". Greens on Screen.
3. Football League Players Records 1888–1939 by Michael Joyce, SoccerData, 2004
4. Nick Harris and Chris Maume (18 December 2007). "A winning coach from overseas is no foreign concept". The Independent. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
5. "Netherlands 1920 Summer Olympics Squad". FIFA. Retrieved 22 June 2009.