Fred Tully

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playername = Fred Tully


fullname = Frederick Charles Arnold Tully
dateofbirth = birth date|1907|7|4|df=y
cityofbirth = St Pancras, London
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = 1969
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position = Winger
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youthclubs = Rosehill Villa
Preston Colliery
Chaddleston Mental Hospital
years = 1926–1933
1933–1937
1937–1939
clubs = Aston Villa
Southampton
Clapton Orient
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97 0(9)
57 (18)
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Frederick Charles Arnold Tully (4 July 1907 – 1969) was an English footballer who played as a winger for Southampton and Clapton Orient in the 1930s.

Playing career

Born in St Pancras, London he moved as a child to the north east where he turned out for Tynemouth Schools. He subsequently moved to Staffordshire and was playing for Chaddleston Mental Hospital when he was signed by Aston Villa in October 1926. He appeared seven times for Villa in the 1927–28 and 1928–29 seasons without making any real impression. He spent the next four seasons in the reserves before moving to the south coast to join Second Division Southampton in June 1933.

According to Holley & Chalk's "Alphabet of the Saints" he was "a winger of thrust and enterprise" who was a "busy sort of player who could play anywhere in the forward line except centre-forward". [cite book | author=Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk | title=The Alphabet of the Saints| publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing | year=1992|pages=pp.338-339| id=ISBN 0-9514862-3-3] He made his debut on 26 August 1933 in the opening match of the 1933–34 season against Bradford City. He soon formed a useful partnership with Dick Neal helping to provide the crosses for Ted Drake and Tommy Brewis.

Over the next three seasons Tully was a regular starter as Saints struggled both on the pitch and financially, before losing his place to John Summers in 1936. After making only three appearances in 1936–37 he moved back to London to join Clapton Orient. During his four years at The Dell he made 101 appearances, scoring nine goals.

At Orient, he found his goal-scoring touch, with 18 goals in two years, including 13 in 1937–38, making him Orient's top scorer. After two seasons playing in east London, the onset of the Second World War brought about his retirement. He then joined his father's carpentry business before returning to Chaddleston Mental Hospital where he worked as an attendant.

References

External links

* [http://web.telia.com/~u27301997/1359.html Aston Villa profile]