Fred Else
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fredrick Else | ||
| Date of birth | 31 March 1933 | ||
| Place of birth | Golborne, England | ||
| Date of death | 20 July 2015 (aged 82) | ||
| Place of death | Barrow-in-Furness, England | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1951 | Axwell Park Colliery Welfare | ||
| 1951–1953 | Preston North End | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1953–1961 | Preston North End | 215 | (0) |
| 1961–1966 | Blackburn Rovers | 187 | (0) |
| 1966–1970 | Barrow | 148 | (0) |
| Total | 550 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1957 | England B | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1970 | Barrow | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Fredrick Else (31 March 1933 – 20 July 2015) was an English footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. Else gained over 600 professional appearances in his career playing for three clubs, Preston North End, Blackburn Rovers and Barrow.[2]
Honours
Else was born in Golborne near Wigan on 31 March 1933.[3][4] Whilst on national service in the north-east he played for amateur club Axwell Park Colliery Welfare in the Derwent Valley League.[2] He attracted the attention of Football League teams and signed as a junior for Preston North End in 1951, and as a professional in 1953.[2] He made his debut for Preston against Manchester City in 1954, but was restricted to 14 appearances over his first three seasons. He eventually became first choice, displacing George Thompson, and played 238 times for North End.[2] During this time Preston's most successful season came in 1957–58, when the club finished as runners up in Division One.
The 1960–61 season ended in relegation for Preston and Else was sold to neighbours Blackburn Rovers for £20,000.[4] Else became a first choice for Blackburn straight away and played 221 times for the club. A collarbone injury in 1964–65 resulted in a period out of the game, though Else returned to regain the goalkeeper's jersey at Blackburn. Nonetheless, the team were relegated the following season and Else was released.[4] During the summer of 1966 Else signed with Barrow of the Fourth Division.[5] Else became part of Barrow's most successful team, with the side winning promotion to the Third Division in his first season there. Else was Barrow's first choice keeper for the entire period that they were in the third division, and played 148 league matches for the club.[4] He retired from football after Barrow's relegation in 1970 following a leg infection.[6] His final season included a brief stint as caretaker manager at Barrow.[4]
- Football League Division One Runner-up 1957–1958
- Football League Division Four Promotion 1966–1967