| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Frederick Thomas Kelsall | |||||
| Nickname | Fred | |||||
| Born | April→June 1906 Great Sankey district, England |
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| Died | 14 May 1931 (aged 24–25) Eccleston, St Helens, England |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Weight | 14 st 8 lb (93 kg; 204 lb) | |||||
| Position | Prop | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1925–1930 | Widnes | 190 | 10 | |||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Cheshire | ||||||
| 1930–1930 | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | ||||||
Frederick "Fred" Kelsall (birth registered April→June 1906 in Great Sankey district[1] — died 14 May 1931 (aged 24–25) Eccleston[2]) was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s who at representative level played for England, and Cheshire, and at club level for Widnes, playing at Prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.
Described as the heaviest and most skilled of the Widnes pack that won an unlikely victory at Wembley in 1930, Fred Kelsall would have likely added to his county and international honours but for his tragic death in a motorcycle accident (in which his pillion passenger Miss Minnie Salt and two persons on another motorcycle were also killed) in May 1931.[3]
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Fred Kelsall won a cap for England while at Widnes in 1930 against Other Nations.[4]
Fred Kelsall played Prop, in Widnes' 10-3 victory over St. Helens in the 1930 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on 3 May 1930.