Redfern Froggatt

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Redfern Froggatt
Personal information
Full name Redfern Froggatt
Date of birth August 23, 1924(1924-08-23)
Place of birth    Sheffield, England
Date of death    December 26, 2003 (aged 79)
Place of death    Sheffield, England
Playing position Forward
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1945–1960 Sheffield Wednesday 498 (149)   
National team
1952-1953 England 4 (2)

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

Redfern Froggatt (August 23, 1924 - December 26, 2003) was a footballer for Sheffield Wednesday and England.

Redfern was the son of former Sheffield Wednesday captain Frank Froggatt. In 1942 'Red' was signed from Sheffield YMCA but did not become a regular in the Wednesday side until 1945. Over the course of the next 15 years he would go on to make a total of 498 appearances for the club, mostly as a striker but playing over 50 games as a winger, scoring 149 goals. He made his England debut in a match against Wales in 1952 and in total received four England caps scoring 2 goals. His final game for Wednesday came in the 1959-60 season.