{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = M. Mellor | image = | fullname = | birth_date = | birth_place = Stoke-upon-Trent, England<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> | death_date = | position = Defender | years1 = | clubs1 = Leek |caps1 = |goals1 = | years2 = 1883–1884 | clubs2 = Stoke |caps2 = |goals2 = }} '''M. Mellor''' was an English footballer who played for Stoke.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City">{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}</ref>
==Career== Mellor played for Leek before joining Stoke in 1883. He played in the club's first competitive match in the FA Cup which Stoke lost 2–1 to Manchester.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> He was released at the end of the 1883–84 season by manager Walter Cox.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/>
== Career statistics == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|Total |- !Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Stoke<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> |1883–84 |1||0||1||0 |- !colspan="2"|Career total !1!!0!!1!!0 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mellor, M.}} Category:Year of birth missing Category:Year of death missing Category:Footballers from Stoke-on-Trent Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Leek F.C. players Category:Stoke City F.C. players