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Frederick "Fred" Goodfellow ( – third ¼ 1925) was a
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and professional
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footballer who played in the 1890s through to the 1920s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for
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, and at club level for
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RFC (in
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,
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, later to become the rugby league club;
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ARLFC), and representative level rugby league (RL) for
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, and at club level for
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(who were a "Junior" club at the time),
Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home fixtures at the DIY Kitchen Stadium, Belle Vue (Wakefield), Belle Vue and currently compete in the Super League, the top tier o ...
( A-Team),
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(
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),
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,
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and
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ARLFC (from 1910 to 1921), as a
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-kicking or .


Background

Fred Goodfellow died aged 46 in
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,
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, England.


Playing career

Fred Goodfellow won
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s for
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(RU) against
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and
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during 1897, followed by further caps during 1898. He changed
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codes from
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to
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, when he transferred from
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RFC to
Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home fixtures at the DIY Kitchen Stadium, Belle Vue (Wakefield), Belle Vue and currently compete in the Super League, the top tier o ...
during September 1898, he did not play a first-team match for Wakefield Trinity, he was transferred from Wakefield Trinity to
Holbeck Holbeck is an inner city area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It begins on the southern edge of Leeds city centre and mainly lies in the LS11 postcode district. The M1 and M621 motorways used to end/begin in Holbeck. Now the M621 is t ...
, he was the
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of Holbeck during the 1901–02 season, Holbeck resigned from the league following a 0–7 defeat by St. Helens in the Championship Second Division play-off final during the 1903–04 season, he transferred from Holbeck to
Hull F.C. Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Hull play their home games at the MKM Stadium and compete in Super League, the ...
, during his time at Hull F.C. he scored 11-
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s in a match, he was transferred from Hull F.C. to
Dewsbury Dewsbury is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Calder, West Yorkshire, River Calder and on an arm of the Calder and Hebble Navigation waterway. It is to the west of Wakefield, ...
, he was transferred from Dewsbury to
Sharlston Sharlston is a village and civil parish, situated east of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, and includes the settlements of Old Sharlston, Sharlston Common and New Sharlston. Its population at the 2001 census was 2,756, reducing to 2,663 ...
ARLFC , he retired from playing aged 41 following an injury in 1921.


Genealogical information

Fred Goodfellow's marriage took place during fourth ¼ 1902 in
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district, he was the father of the rugby league footballer; Herbert Goodfellow.


Note

Fred Goodfellow is occasionally named as F. J. Goodfellow, but he appears to have had no middle-name, so the middle-initial of J. appears to be erroneous.


References


External links


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goodfellow, Fred 1878 births 1925 deaths Dewsbury Rams players English rugby league players English rugby union players Hull F.C. players Holbeck F.C. players Place of birth missing Rugby league players from Staffordshire Rugby league wingers Rugby league centres Rugby union players from Staffordshire Yorkshire rugby league team players