Fred Beardsworth

Fred Beardsworth

Personal information
Date of birth	1899
Place of birth	Leyland, Lancashire, England
Date of death
Place of death	New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
Position(s)	Halfback
Youth career
1908-1909	Farington Villa
1909-1914	Leyland Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1914-1917	New Bedford Whalers
1917-1919	Fore River
1919-1921	Robins Dry Dock
1921-	Booth Mills
	Saylesville
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fred Beardsworth (born 1899 in Leyland, Lancashire, England; died October 10, 1964 in New Bedford, Massachusetts) was an English football (soccer) halfback who played in the Southern New England Soccer League and the National Association Football League. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Beardsworth played for two youth clubs while growing up. He joined Farington Villa of the Preston and District League in 1908 when he was nine. In 1909, he joined Leyland Town of the West Lancashire League. In 1914, Beardsworth and his family left England to emigrate to the United States. When he arrived in the U.S., he joined the New Bedford Whalers of the Southern New England Soccer League, winning the 1915 and 1917 league championships. In 1917, he moved to Fore River. The team went to the 1918 National Challenge Cup, losing to Bethlehem Steel F.C.. In 1919, he moved to Brooklyn Robins Dry Dock of the National Association Football League. Robins won the 1920 and 1921 American Cup titles. In 1921, he moved to the amateur Booth Mill of the New Bedford Industrial League then played for Saylesville F.C. of the Southern New England League.

External links

• National Soccer Hall of Fame profile