Dan Tremelling

Dan Tremelling

Personal information
Full name	Richard Daniel Tremelling
Date of birth	12 November 1897(1897-11-12)
Place of birth	Mansfield Woodhouse, England
Date of death	15 August 1978(1978-08-15) (aged 80)
Place of death	Birmingham, England
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
–	Langwith Colliery Junction Wagon Works
–	Shirebrook Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1918–1919	Lincoln City	0	(0)
1919–1932	Birmingham	382	(0)
1932–1936	Bury	57	(0)
Total		439	(0)
National team
1927	England	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Richard Daniel "Dan" Tremelling (12 November 1897 – 15 August 1978) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made nearly 450 appearances in the Football League for Birmingham and Bury, including more than 300 in the First Division, and was capped for England.

His younger brother, Billy, played for Blackpool and Preston North End as a defender.

Playing career

Tremelling was born in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire. He first played for his local team, Langwith Colliery Junction Wagon Works, as a fullback, but went in goal when they were hit by injuries. He turned professional with Lincoln City in August 1918, but moved to Birmingham before league football resumed after the First World War. He went straight in as first choice goalkeeper, and remained so for eleven seasons, until Harry Hibbs took over in the 1929–30 season. He won his only full cap for England on 28 November 1927, a 2–1 defeat to Wales played at Turf Moor, Burnley. He moved to Bury in May 1932, but returned to Birmingham in June 1936 as assistant trainer, a position which he held for five years.

After retiring from football he went into the licensed trade. He died in Birmingham aged 80.

Honours

with Birmingham

• Football League Second Division champions: 1920–21

References

Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-010-2. 

External links

Dan Tremelling England profile at Englandstats

Persondata
Name	Tremelling, Richard Daniel
Alternative names	Tremelling, Dan
Short description	Professional footballer
Date of birth	1897-11-12
Place of birth	Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, England
Date of death	1978-08-15
Place of death	Birmingham, England