Eric Frodsham

Eric Frodsham

Personal information
Born	14 February 1923 St. Helens, England
Died	19 January 2003(2003-01-19) (aged 79)
Playing information
Position	Fullback
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1947–48	St. Helens	33	1			3
1948–56	Warrington	226	19	34		125
	Total	259	20	34	0	128

Eric Frodsham (14 February 1923 – 19 January 2003), was an English rugby league footballer, who played as a fullback for St. Helens and Warrington.

Club career

Following Royal Navy service during World War II, Frodsham signed for St. Helens in 1947. After a short spell for the club, he was transferred to Warrington in 1948.^[1] It was there that he spent the remainder of his career.

In 1950, Frodsham made his first-team breakthrough when he replaced Les "Cowboy" Jones as fullback. He went on to make a total of 48 appearances for Warrington during the 1950–51 season, a club record which he repeated in 1953-54, and still holds to this day.^[2]

The highlight of Frodsham's career came in the 1953–54 season in which Warrington secured both the League and Challenge Cup titles. The re-played final of the latter, against Halifax, saw a Warrington side captained by Frodsham win by 8 points to 4. The match took place at Odsal Stadium in Bradford and attracted a crowd in the region of 120,000. At the time, this was a world record attendance for a rugby match of either code.^[3]

Frodsham's career came to an end in 1955 when he broke his wrist during a 25-7 win against Liverpool City.^[4] In total he made 226 appearances for Warrington, scoring 125 points.^[5]

County Cup final appearances

Eric Frodsham played Fullback in Warrington's 5-28 defeat by Wigan in the 1950 Lancashire Cup final during the 1950–51 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 4 November 1950.^[6]

Death

Frodsham died in his home in Rainford in January 2003. He is survived by his widow Doris, and his daughters Linda, Susan and Julie.^[7]

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