Frederick Brian Webb Farmer (29 July 1933 – 1 June 2014) was an English professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who made 249 appearances in the Football League for

Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. Sin ...

and Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic. He played at

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. Born in

Wordsley Wordsley is a suburban area of Stourbridge in the West Midlands, England. It is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley and falls into the Stourbridge (DY8) postcode and address area, being just north of the River Stour. Wordsley is part of t ...

, Staffordshire, Farmer joined

in 1950 as an amateur when he was 17. He turned professional in 1954 and made his first-team debut in 1956, but was used only as cover when Jeff Hall or Ken Green were injured or on international duty. He became a first-team regular following Hall's death in 1959, but lost his place to new signing

Stan Lynn Stanley Lynn (18 June 1928 – 29 April 2002) was an English professional association footballer who played as a right back. He made nearly 450 appearances in the Football League for Accrington Stanley, Aston Villa and Birmingham City. Nickname ...

some two-and-a-half years later. He left the club in January 1962 having made 145 appearances in all competitions, of which 117 were in the First Division. He also played 17 games in European competition, appearing in the

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and

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finals of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.Matthews, ''Complete Record'', pp. 241–42. He went on to play 132 league games for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, including playing many games as team captain. He later worked as a scout for Aston Villa and AFC Bournemouth. Farmer died in hospital on 1 June 2014 at the age of 80.

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