Reg Fox
Personal information
Full name Reginald Allan Fox[1][2]
Date of birth (1929-10-16)16 October 1929[3]
Place of birth Tufnell Park, England
Date of death 19 April 2010(2010-04-19) (aged 80)[3]
Place of death Brighton, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Full back
Youth career
Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Tufnell Park
194?–1952 Fulham 0 (0)
1949 Dover
1952–1956 Brighton & Hove Albion 20 (0)
1956 Mansfield Town 0 (0)
1956–1957 Hastings United
1957–1958 Tonbridge Angels 5 (0)
Folkestone Town
Lewes
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Reginald Allan Fox (16 October 1929 – 19 April 2010) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as a full back for Brighton & Hove Albion.[3] He was on the books of Fulham and Mansfield Town without appearing for their League team, and played non-league football for Tufnell Park, Dover, Hastings United, Tonbridge Angels, Folkestone Town and Lewes.

Life and career

Fox was born in Tufnell Park, London, in 1929.[3] He was with Tottenham Hotspur as a youngster and played amateur football for Isthmian League club Tufnell Park. During his National Service with the Royal Signals, he represented the Army team,[1] as well as playing Kent League football for Dover while stationed locally. He was at that time on Fulham's books as an amateur,[4] and signed professional forms in December 1949. He remained with the club for three years without appearing for their Football League team,[3] then joined Brighton & Hove Albion of the Third Division South on 1 October 1952 as replacement for Jack Mansell who was leaving for First Division football with Cardiff City. He went straight into the team for the next day's visit to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and performed well, albeit in a losing cause.[5]

Competition at full back was such that he and Maurice McLafferty shared the left-back position for 1952–53, and in the following three seasons Fox made just ten appearances in league and FA Cup combined.[1] He rejected Brighton's offer of terms for 1956–57, and joined Mansfield Town on a month's trial in August 1956;[6] his performances for the club's junior teams earned him the offer of a contract, but Brighton wanted a higher fee than Mansfield were prepared to pay. Soon afterwards, Fox moved on to Hastings United of the Southern League on a free transfer.[1]

He spent the 1957–58 season with Tonbridge Angels as captain of the reserves and occasional first-teamer, making five appearances in the Southern League and one in the Kent Senior Cup.,[7] and later played for Folkestone Town and Lewes.[1]

Fox settled in Brighton,[1] where he died in 2010 at the age of 80.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  2. ↑ "Find a will: Wills and probate 1996 to present". UK Probate Service. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Reg Fox". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "Dover's new players". Dover Express. 22 July 1949. p. 6.
  5. ↑ "Brighton lose, but new boy shines". Daily Herald. London. 2 October 1952. p. 8. Reg Fox, transferred to Brighton from Fulham yesterday, was prominent in defence and showed himself a worthy successor to Jack Mansell, who is expected to sign for Cardiff today.
  6. ↑ "Trial for Fox". Daily Mirror. London. 18 August 1956. p. 13.
  7. ↑ Cheal, Brian. "part 8". 1957/58 (PDF). pp. 1, 7. Retrieved 9 October 2021 – via Tonbridge Angels F.C. {{cite book}}: |magazine= ignored (help)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.