Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1893 | ||
Place of birth | Walkden, England | ||
Playing position | Centre-forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Walkden Wednesday | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1912–1919 | Manchester City | 79 | (40) |
Mid Rhondda | |||
Pontypridd | |||
Dundee Hibernian | |||
Ayr United (trial) | |||
Clyde | |||
1923–1924 | Port Vale | 12 | (2) |
1924 | New Brighton | 10 | (4) |
1924 | Wrexham | 1 | (0) |
Welshpool Town | |||
Holyhead Town | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Frederick J. Howard (1893 – after 1924) was an English footballer. He played in Wales with Mid Rhondda, Pontypridd, Wrexham, and Welshpool Town; in Scotland with Dundee Hibernian, Ayr United, and Clyde; and in England with Manchester City, Port Vale, and New Brighton.
Howard was born in Walkden and played youth football with Walkden Wednesday, before starting his professional career with Manchester City in 1912. He hit 12 goals in 16 First Division games in 1912–13, including all four in a 4–1 win over Liverpool at Hyde Road. He bagged 14 goals in 35 appearances in 1913–14, including a hat-trick against Derby County at the Baseball Ground. He scored 18 goals in 36 games in 1914–15 to become the club's top scorer. He scored a total of 40 goals in 79 league games. This total probably would have been much higher if it wasn't for World War I. He did remain in Manchester for part of the 1915–16 season, scoring four goals in seven games.