Fred Massey

Fred Massey
Personal information
Full name Frederick James Massey
Date of birth (1883-11-02)2 November 1883
Place of birth East Ham, England
Date of death 26 January 1953(1953-01-26) (aged 69)
Place of death Watford, Hertfordshire
Position(s) Inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1905–1907 Leyton ? (?)
1907–1909 Tottenham Hotspur 1 (0)
1909–1912 West Ham United 38 (0)
Total 39 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frederick James Massey (2 November 1883 – 26 January 1953) was an English footballer who played for Leyton, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United.[1]

Football career

Massey, an inside right who began his career at Leyton around 1905 and moved to Tottenham Hotspur in the summer of 1907. In his whole time at Spurs he is only recorded as playing five games with his debut on the 14 October 1907 in the Western League against Reading which Tottenham lost 2-0.[2][3] Massey was retained for the 1908–09 season when Tottenham entered the football league however he only played one game on 27 March 1909 against Gainsborough Trinity which finished as a 1–1 draw.[2][3][4] At the end of the season in 1909 Messey was allowed to leave Tottenham and was transferred to West Ham United where he spent three seasons.[5]

References

  1. ^ Joyce 2004, p. 197.
  2. ^ a b Goodwin 1992, pp. 253–254.
  3. ^ a b Soar 1995, p. 238.
  4. ^ "Tottenham Hotspur F.C A-Z of players". Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Fred Massey-West Ham stats". Retrieved 11 July 2025.

Works cited

  • Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records. soccerdata. p. 179. ISBN 1-899468-63-3.
  • Soar, Phil (1995). Tottenham Hotspur The Official Illustrated History 1882–1995. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-58706-1.
  • Goodwin, Bob (1992). The Spurs Alphabet. ACL & Polar Publishing (UK) Ltd. ISBN 0-9514862-8-4.