Jim Fryatt
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 September 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Southampton, England | ||
| Date of death | 5 June 2020 (aged 79) | ||
| Place of death | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | ||
| Position(s) |
Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Charlton Athletic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1960 | Charlton Athletic | 5 | (3) |
| 1960–1963 | Southend United | 61 | (24) |
| 1963–1966 |
Bradford Park Avenue | 101 | (38) |
| 1966–1967 | Southport | 39 | (15) |
| 1967 | Torquay United | 27 | (11) |
| 1967–1968 | Stockport County | 44 | (28) |
| 1968–1970 | Blackburn Rovers | 37 | (5) |
| 1970–1971 | Oldham Athletic | 76 | (40) |
| 1971–1974 | Southport | 108 | (24) |
| 1973 | →Philadelphia Atoms (loan) | 18 | (7) |
| 1974 | Philadelphia Atoms | 20 | (8) |
| 1974 | Stockport County | 1 | (1) |
| 1974–1975 | Torquay United | 4 | (0) |
| 1975 |
Hartford Bicentennials | 6 | (1) |
| 1975 | Philadelphia Atoms[1] | 5 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1977 | Las Vegas Quicksilvers | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James Fryatt (2 September 1940 – 5 June 2020) was an English
striker. During his playing career he was nicknamed Pancho.[2]
Football League
A regular scorer for all of his club sides, the stockily built forward was the archetypal
Stockport County, where his strike partnership with Bill Atkins was so formidable that the two have been inducted into the club's Hall of Fame as a unit.[4] Fryatt signed for Oldham Athletic from Blackburn Rovers for a sum of £8,000 in 1970 and although he only spent 21 months at Boundary Park, he became an instant hit and legend among supporters for scoring 42 goals in 81 appearances in all competitions.[5]
NASL
Like many of his contemporaries Fryatt appeared in the
Hartford Bicentennials
and then back in Philadelphia.
Post-retirement
After retiring as a player, Fryatt served briefly as the assistant manager of the original Las Vegas Quicksilvers before settling permanently in Las Vegas where he worked at casinos before becoming a mechanic for a golf course.[7] He was the father of professional golfer Ed Fryatt.[8] He died 5 June 2020 in Las Vegas.[9]
References
- ^ Barry Hugman, Football League Players Records, 1981, p. 147
- ^ Pancho back on familiar territory
- ^ Barry Hugman, Football League Players Records, 1981, p. 18
- ^ Jim Fryatt & Bill Atkins
- ^ Jim Fryatt (1940-2020)
- ^ Colin Jose, NASL: A Complete Record of the North American Soccer League, 1989, p. 102
- ^ Where Are They Now? (A-J)
- ^ Fryatt finds his feet in America
- ^ Jim Fryatt (1940-2020), Oldham Athletic