fullname clubs years death_place caps goals article_title name
frederick benjamin slater burton borough albion birmingham city york city corby town nuneaton -- 1954 1954 -- 19 ?? 1947 -- 1951 1951 -- 1952 1952 -- isle of wight , england 5 13 1 3 fred slater
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fred slater

frederick benjamin `` fred '' slater -lrb- 25 september 1925 -- september 2002 -rrb- was an english professional footballer who played in the football league for birmingham city and york city .
slater was born in burton upon trent , staffordshire .
described as a `` rough and tumble striker '' , he had been playing for burton albion when birmingham city signed him on professional forms in november 1947 .
he made his debut in the first division a year later , deputising for cyril trigg in a home game against huddersfield town on 13 november 1948 .
ten minutes into the game , slater broke his leg .
he missed only four months of the season , but by the time he was fit again to play , jimmy dailey had taken over at centre forward .
slater played four more first-team games for birmingham before joining york city at the end of the 1950 -- 51 season .
he scored three goals from 13 games in the third division north , and then dropped into non-league football , first with corby town and then with nuneaton borough .
