death_date nationalcaps birth_date years caps goals image_size nationalyears image name fullname caption birth_place nationalteam height nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
8 january 1955 2 23 january 1868 1887 -- 1895 1895 -- 1896 -- 1888 1888 -- 1889 1889 1889 1889 0 91 39 0 78 14 150px 1890 -- 1891 fred geary.jpg fred geary fred geary fred geary in a liverpool team photo hyson green , england england 5 2 3 balmoral -lrb- nottingham -rrb- balmoral county notts rangers everton liverpool -lrb- nottingham -rrb- grimsby town notts rangers notts centre forward fred geary

fred geary

fred geary -lrb- 23 january 1868 -- 8 january 1955 -rrb- 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 , he 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 '' .
