Reg Fox
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Reginald Allan Fox[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 16 October 1929||
Place of birth | Tufnell Park, England | ||
Date of death | 19 April 2010[2] | (aged 80)||
Place of death | Brighton,[2] England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Youth career | |||
Tottenham Hotspur | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
194?–1949 | Tufnell Park | ||
1949–1952 | Fulham | 0 | (0) |
1952–1956 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | (0) |
1956 | Mansfield Town | 0 | (0) |
1956–195? | Hastings United | ||
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.[2]
Life and career
Fox was born in Tufnell Park, London, in 1929.[2] He was on Tottenham Hotspur's books as a youngster and played amateur football for Isthmian League club Tufnell Park. During his National Service with the Royal Signals, he played for the Army team, and then turned professional with Fulham in 1949.[1] He remained with the club for three years without appearing for their Football League team,[2] 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.[3]
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;[4] 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. He later played for Folkestone Town and Lewes.[1]
Fox settled in Brighton,[1] where he died in 2010 at the age of 80.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Reg Fox". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Trial for Fox". Daily Mirror. London. 18 August 1956. p. 13.
Reg Fox, Brighton full back who refused terms for the new season, is to have a month's trial with Mansfield Town.
- 1929 births
- 2010 deaths
- Footballers from the London Borough of Islington
- English footballers
- Association football fullbacks
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Tufnell Park F.C. players
- Fulham F.C. players
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
- Mansfield Town F.C. players
- Hastings United F.C. (1948) players
- Folkestone F.C. players
- Lewes F.C. players
- Isthmian League players
- English Football League players
- Southern Football League players
- Royal Corps of Signals soldiers
- English football defender, 1920s birth stubs