{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Syd Mellor | image = | fullname = Sydney Mellor<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> | birth_date = 13 September 1893<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> | birth_place = Leek, England<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> | death_date = {{death year and age|1965|1893}} | height = {{height|ft=5|in=7+1/2}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Football's advent. Stoke |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=15 August 1921 |page=6}}</ref> | position = Inside left | years1 = 1919 | clubs1 = Leek Town | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1920–1922 | clubs2 = Stoke | caps2 = 11 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 1922–1925 | clubs3 = Macclesfield | caps3 = 124 | goals3 = 46 | years4 = 1925 | clubs4 = Congleton Town | caps4 = | goals4 = }} '''Sydney Mellor''' (1893 – 1965) was an English footballer who played in the Football League 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 was born in Leek and played for the local club Leek Town before joining Stoke in 1920.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> He played 11 times for Stoke scoring once which came in a 4–2 win away at Derby County on 25 February 1922.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/>
==Career statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{ENFA}}</ref> |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=3|Stoke |1920–21 |Second Division |3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||3||0 |- |1921–22 |Second Division |8||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||8||1 |- !colspan=2|Total !11!!1!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|—||11!!1 |- |rowspan=5|Macclesfield |1922–23<ref>{{cite web |title=Cheshire League - 1922-23 |url=http://silkmenarchives.org.uk/season_stats/Cheshire_league/1922_23.html |website=Silkmen Archive}}</ref> |Cheshire League |36||13||1||0||10||4||46||17 |- |1923–24<ref>{{cite web |title=Cheshire League - 1923-24 |url=http://silkmenarchives.org.uk/season_stats/Cheshire_league/1923_24.html |website=Silkmen Archive}}</ref> |Cheshire League |37||17||2||1||3||0||42||18 |- |1924–25<ref>{{cite web |title=Cheshire League - 1924-25 |url=http://silkmenarchives.org.uk/season_stats/Cheshire_league/1924_25.html |website=Silkmen Archive}}</ref> |Cheshire League |41||15||0||0||2||1||43||16 |- |1925–26<ref>{{cite web |title=Cheshire League - 1925-26 |url=http://silkmenarchives.org.uk/season_stats/Cheshire_league/1925_26.html |website=Silkmen Archive}}</ref> |Cheshire League |10||1||0||0||0||0||10||1 |- !colspan=2|Total !124!!46!!3!!1!!15!!5!!141!!52 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !135!!47!!3!!1!!15!!5!!152!!53 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mellor, Syd}} Category:1893 births Category:1965 deaths Category:Footballers from Leek, Staffordshire Category:English men's footballers Category:Macclesfield Town F.C. players Category:Stoke City F.C. players Category:Congleton Town F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:Men's association football inside forwards Category:20th-century English sportsmen