Fred Geary
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Geary in a Liverpool team photo | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 January 1868 | ||
| Place of birth | Hyson Green, England | ||
| Date of death | 8 January 1955 (aged 86) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Balmoral (Nottingham) | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1886–1887 | Notts Rangers | ||
| 1887–1888 | Grimsby Town | ||
| 1888–1889 | Notts Rangers | ||
| 1889 | Notts County | 0 | (0) |
| 1889 | Notts Rangers | ||
| 1889–1895 | Everton | 91 | (78) |
| 1895–1896 | Liverpool | 39 | (14) |
| International career | |||
| 1890–1891 | England | 2 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Fred Geary (23 January 1868 – 8 January 1955) was an English professional footballer who played at centre forward for Everton in the 1890s, and made two appearances for England, scoring a hat-trick on his debut.
At Everton, Geary was a prolific goal-scorer, with 86 goals in 99 appearances, helping them to win the Football League championship for the first time in 1890–91. He was "the first Everton centre-forward to capture the imagination of their supporters" and "in his era he was as important to Everton as Dixie Dean was some years later".