Fred Dawes

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Fred Dawes
Personal information
Full name Frederick W. Dawes
Date of birth (1911-05-02)2 May 1911
Place of birth Frimley Green, Surrey,
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Place of death Shirley, Surrey
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
?–1929 Aldershot
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1929–1936 Northampton Town 162 (1)
1936–1950 Crystal Palace 223 (1)
Beckenham Town
Managerial career
1950–1951 Crystal Palace
(Joint manager, with Charlie Slade)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frederick W. "Fred" Dawes (2 May 1911 — 12 August 1989) was an English retired professional footballer who played in the Football League for Northampton Town and Crystal Palace as a defender. He also managed Crystal Palace and was the younger brother of Albert Dawes, who also played professionally for Crystal Palace and Northampton.[1]

Playing career

Dawes began his youth career with Aldershot and, in 1929, signed for Northampton Town, where his older brother Albert was also a player. Between then and 1936, Dawes made 162 League appearances for the club, scoring once.

In February 1936,[2] Dawes signed for Crystal Palace, once again re-joining his older brother who had moved to Palace in 1933,[2] and immediately established himself in the side being ever-present for the remainder of that season and throughout the 1936–37 season.[3] Dawes went on to make a total of 223[2] Football League appearances for Palace before being forced to retire as a player, through injury, during the 1949–50 season.[4] Dawes career was notable in that he completed a century of appearances for Crystal Palace either side of World War II.[5]

Managerial career

After retiring as a player, Dawes was appointed as assistant to then Crystal Palace manager Ronnie Rooke.[4] Despite a reasonably successful 1949–50 season and a number of close-season signings, the club had a very poor start to the 1950–51 season. In November 1950, Rooke was relieved of his position and Dawes was appointed as joint-manager, together with chief scout Charlie Slade.[6] However, the partnership was unable to improve upon the season start and the club had to seek re-election in 1951.[4] The 1951-2 season also began poorly and Dawes and Slade were dismissed in October.[4][5]

Later career

Dawes was reinstated as an amateur by the Football Association after leaving Crystal Palace[4] and went on to play for Beckenham Town — a predecessor of the 1971 formed Beckenham Town. After leaving football altogether, Dawes became a shopkeeper.[4]

Fred Dawes died on 12 August 1989 in Shirley, Surrey, aged 78.[5]

References

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