Dan Tremelling

Dan Tremelling
Personal information
Full nameRichard Daniel Tremelling
Date of birth12 November 1897
Place of birthNewhall, Derbyshire,[1] England
Date of death15 August 1978 (aged 80)
Place of deathBirmingham, England
Height5 ft 9 14 in (1.76 m)[2]
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Youth career
Langwith Colliery Junction Wagon Works
Shirebrook Juniors
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Mansfield Town
1918–1919Lincoln City0(0)
1919–1932Birmingham382(0)
1932–1936Bury57(0)
Total439(0)
National team
1927England1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Richard Daniel "Dan" Tremelling (12 November 1897 – 15 August 1978) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[3] He made nearly 450 appearances in the Football League for Birmingham and Bury,[1] including more than 300 in the First Division, and was capped for England.

His younger brother, Billy, played for Blackpool and Preston North End as a defender.

Playing career

Tremelling was born in Newhall, Derbyshire.[1] He first played for his local team, Langwith Colliery Junction Wagon Works, as a full back, but went in goal when they were hit by injuries.[3] He played for Mansfield Town,[1] and appeared for Lincoln City in wartime competition,[4] but moved to Birmingham before league football resumed after the First World War. He went straight in as first choice goalkeeper, and remained so for eleven seasons, until Harry Hibbs took over in the 1929–30 season. He won his only full cap for England on 28 November 1927, a 2–1 defeat to Wales played at Turf Moor, Burnley. He moved to Bury in May 1932, but returned to Birmingham in June 1936 as assistant trainer, a position which he held for five years.[3]

After retiring from football he went into the licensed trade. He died in Birmingham aged 80.[3]

Honours

Birmingham

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 262. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. "Blues" News. The Official Programme of Birmingham Football Club, Ltd. Birmingham F.C. 30 August 1924. p. 4.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-010-2.
  4. "Dan Tremelling". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 27 February 2013.

External links

Dan Tremelling England profile at Englandstats