Fred Morley (footballer)

Infobox Football biography
playername= Fred Morley
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dateofbirth = birth date|1890|3|1
cityofbirth = Burslem
countryofbirth = England
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position = Inside Forward
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years = -1909
1909-1912
1918-1921
1921-1922
1922-1923
1923-1927
1928-1929
clubs = Reading F.C.
Blackpool F.C.
Brentford F.C.
Philadelphia Field Club
J&P Coats
Fall River Marksmen
J&P Coats
caps(goals) = 0? 0(?)
80 (22)
0? 0(?)
21 0(6)
19 0(1)
80 (17)
02 0(0)
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managerclubs = Fall River Marksmen
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Fred Morley (born March 1, 1890 in Burslem, England) was an English football inside forward who began his career in England before finishing it in the American Soccer League

Morley began his career with Reading F.C. of the Southern Football League. In 1909, he transferred to Blackpool F.C., then in the second division. He saw time in eighty league games before leaving the team in 1912. There is a six year gap in his career records as he is then shown signing with Brentford F.C. in August 1918. In March 1921, Morley injured his knee. Trainers informed him it was most likely a career ending injury. Morley left England and moved to the United States. That fall, he signed with Philadelphia Field Club of the American Soccer League. Philadelphia was created when Bethlehem Steel F.C. moved to Philadelphia for the inaugural ASL season. A powerhouse team, Philadelphia took the league championship, but the ownership moved it back to Bethlehem at the end of the season. Morley moved to J&P Coats for one season before joined the Fall River Marksmen in 1923. The move to the Marksmen placed Morley on the best team in the league at the time. During his four seasons in Fall River, Morley and his team mates won three league titles and two National Challenge Cup titles. While Morley was never a prolific goal scorer, in the 1924 National Challenge Cup final, he scored two goals as the Marksmen defeated St. Louis Vesper Buick 4-2. Morley’s career records have another gap between 1927 and 1928 when he is not listed with any team. In 1928, he signed with J&P Coats, but played only two games before retiring. Following his retirement, he coached the Fall River Marksmen. [cite book | last = Jose | first = Colin | title = American Soccer League, 1921-1931 | format = Hardback | publisher = The Scarecrow Press | year = 1998 | id = (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4) ]

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