Samuel Frederick Tilson was an English professional footballer who played for Manchester City and England.
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10 Facts About Fred Tilson
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Fred Tilson was part of the City team that won both the FA Cup and the League Championship in the 1930s.
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Fred Tilson has been described as 'a quick thinker with an elusive body-swerve'.
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Fred Tilson began his football career at Barnsley Congregationals and was able to play in both inside forward and centre forward positions.
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Fred Tilson subsequently moved to Barnsley where he played alongside Eric Brook.
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Fred Tilson would make 264 league appearances for the team and score 110 goals.
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Fred Tilson died in Wythenshawe hospital in Manchester on 21 November 1972.
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Fred Tilson had been chief scout at Maine Road until Malcolm Allison was appointed manager.
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Fred Tilson is listed as the twenty-eighth greatest ever City player on the Time website and eighteenth in Ian Penney's book The Essential History of Manchester City.
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