| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fred Wilkinson | ||
| Date of birth | 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | Bury, England | ||
| Playing position | Left-half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| - | St Augustines | ? | (?) |
| - | Lancaster City | ? | (?) |
| - | Norwich City | ? | (?) |
| - | Darlington | ? | (?) |
| 1912 | Blackpool | 15 | (1) |
| - | Newport County | ? | (?) |
| - | Stalybridge Celtic | ? | (?) |
| 1920 | Watford | 37 | (0) |
| 1921 | Stoke | 3 | (0) |
| - | Bury St Edmunds | ? | (?) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Fred Wilkinson (born 1889 in Bury, England) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Blackpool, Watford and Stoke. He made three appearances for Stoke.[1]
Wilkinson made his debut for Blackpool in the opening league game of the 1912–13 campaign, a 1–1 draw at Grimsby Town on 3 September. He went on to make a further fourteen appearances, scoring once (in a 2–1 victory over Bury at Bloomfield Road on 14 September). His final start for the Tangerines occurred on 5 April, in a 5–1 defeat at Leicester Fosse on 29 March. He was replaced in the line-up by Wilf Gillow.[2]