Redfern Froggatt (23 August 1924 – 26 December 2003) was an English

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for

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and

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. In total he received four England

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s scoring 2 goals.

Club career

In 1942 'Red' was signed from Sheffield YMCA but did not become a regular player in the

side until 1945. Over the course of the next 15 years he would go on to make a total of 498 appearances for the club, mostly as a striker but playing over 50 games as a winger, scoring 149 goals. On New Year's Eve 1953, Froggatt submitted a

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, and an offer from

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rivals

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was rejected in February 1954. His final game for Wednesday came in the 1959–60 season. On 22 January 1960, Froggatt turned down a move to fellow

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club

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, before signing for

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in 1962.

International career

Froggatt received his first representative honours when he played for

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against Switzerland B at his club's ground of

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, on 18 January 1950. Froggatt featured on the 28-man longlist for the

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, however was excluded from the final squad. He made his

debut in a

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match against

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on 12 November 1952, before scoring his first England goal in the following international fixture a fortnight later, against

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. Froggatt faced

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in his third consecutive England international. His fourth and last England

was his first away from

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, and came on 8 June 1953 against the

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, in which he scored one of the Three Lions' six.

Personal life

Redfern was the son of former Wednesday

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and

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centre-half Frank Froggatt, and the cousin of England international

Jack Froggatt Jack Froggatt (17 November 1922 – 17 February 1993) was an English footballer. Career Coming from a footballing family, Froggatt started his football career in 1945, whilst in the RAF. Froggatt's uncle, Frank and cousin, Redfern Froggatt b ...

References

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