Fred Eyre
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frederick Eyre | ||
| Date of birth | 3 February 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
| Playing position | Wing half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1959–1961 | Manchester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1963 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
| 1963–1964 | Lincoln City | 0 | (0) |
| 1964–1965 | Crewe Alexandra | 0 | (0) |
| Oswestry Town | |||
| Rossendale United | |||
| New Brighton | |||
| Ellesmere Port | |||
| Radcliffe Borough | |||
| Chadderton | |||
| 1969–1970 | Bradford Park Avenue | 1 | (0) |
| Oswestry Town | |||
| Wigan Athletic | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1981 | Wigan Athletic (caretaker) | ||
| 1998 | Sheffield United (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Frederick "Fred" Eyre (born 3 February 1944) is an English former professional football player and coach. After retiring from the sport, Eyre became a successful businessman, author, after-dinner speaker and radio pundit. He is the father of former Rochdale manager Steve Eyre.
Born in Manchester, Eyre played as a wing half and began his early career as an apprentice at Football League club Manchester City, where he cleaned boots for players including Bert Trautmann and Denis Law, his playing heroes. Eyre was Manchester City's first ever apprentice. Failing to make the grade at Manchester City, he signed with Lincoln City in 1963 and then had a trial with Huddersfield Town before signing for Crewe Alexandra at the start of the 1964–65 season, but he never made a first-team appearance for either team. After leaving Crewe Alexandra in 1965, Eyre played in the English non-League system with a total of twenty clubs, including Oswestry Town, Rossendale United, New Brighton, Ellesmere Port, Radcliffe Borough and Chadderton. Eyre returned to League football briefly during the 1969–70 season with Bradford Park Avenue, making one appearance, before returning to Oswestry Town; he later played for Wigan Athletic.
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