Frederick W. Dawes (2 May 1911 – 12 August 1989) was an English professional

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who played in the

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as a defender for

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and

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. He also managed Crystal Palace and was the younger brother of

Albert Dawes Albert George Dawes (23 April 1907 – 23 June 1973) was an English professional association football, footballer who played for Northampton Town F.C., Northampton Town and Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace as a Forward (association football), ...

, who also played professionally for Crystal Palace and Northampton.

Playing career

Dawes began his youth career with

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and, in 1929, signed for

, where his older brother Albert was also a player. Between then and 1936, Dawes made 162 League appearances for the club, scoring once. In February 1936, Dawes signed for

, once again re-joining his older brother who had moved to Palace in 1933, and immediately established himself in the side being ever-present for the remainder of that season and throughout the 1936–37 season. Dawes went on to make a total of 223

appearances for Palace before being forced to retire as a player, through injury, during the 1949–50 season. Dawes career was notable in that he completed a century of appearances for Crystal Palace either side of

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Managerial career

After retiring as a player, Dawes was appointed as assistant to then Crystal Palace manager

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. Despite a reasonably successful 1949–50 season and a number of close-season signings, the club had a very poor start to the 1950–51 season. In November 1950, Rooke was relieved of his position and Dawes was appointed as joint-manager, together with chief

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Charlie Slade. However, the partnership was unable to improve upon the season start and the club had to seek re-election in 1951. The 1951–52 season also began poorly and Dawes and Slade were dismissed in October.

Later career

Dawes was reinstated as an amateur by the

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after leaving Crystal Palace and went on to play for Beckenham Town. After leaving football altogether, Dawes became a shopkeeper. He managed Croydon Amateurs FC in their first two seasons, 1953–54 and 1954–55, taking them to the Surrey Senior League Cup and Charity Cup Finals in that inaugural season. After a poor second campaign, he resigned when Chelsea's John Harris was appointed coach without his knowledge. Fred Dawes died on 12 August 1989 in Shirley, Surrey, aged 78.

References

External links

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Fred Dawes at holmesdale.net
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dawes, Fred 1911 births 1989 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football defenders English Football League players Aldershot F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Crystal Palace F.C. players Beckenham Town F.C. players Crystal Palace F.C. managers Brentford F.C. wartime guest players English football managers People from Surrey Heath (district) 20th-century English sportsmen