Fred Davis (footballer)

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Fred Davis
Personal information
Full name Frederick Davis
Date of birth 1871
Place of birth    Smethwick, Staffordshire, England
Date of death    Unknown
Playing position Wing-half
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*


1893-1899
1899-1900		 Soho Villa
Birmingham St George's
Woolwich Arsenal
Nottingham Forest

137 (8)
000 (0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Frederick "Fred" Davis (b. 1871) was an English footballer.

Davis was born in Smethwick and played as a wing-half for local clubs, including Soho Villa and Birmingham St George's before in 1893 signing for Woolwich Arsenal, who had just become the first club from the south of England to join the Football League. He made his league debut for the side in their second-ever league match, a 3-2 defeat away to Notts County on September 9, 1893. He was a near ever-present for the 1893-94 season (missing only one more game) and continued to do so for the four seasons after that.

With Davis in the side Woolwich Arsenal mainly occupied mid-table of the Second Division, reaching as high as 5th in 1897-98. After the end of the 1898-99 season Davis left Arsenal to join First Division Nottingham Forest. He had played exactly 150 games for Arsenal in six seasons, scoring ten goals. However, at Forest he never played a single match and appears to have left football entirely by the year 1900.

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