Career
Born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, Appleyard was best known for wearing the number nine shirt foreign He was known as "Cockles", a reference to a previous job he had as a fisherman. Appleyard stood at 6 ft and weighed over 14 stone.
After playing 145 games for Newcastle and scoring an impressive 87 goals, he was forced to leave the club in 1908 through injury.
After leaving Newcastle he signed again for Grimsby Town, although his return lasted only a year, signing for Mansfield Mechanics in 1909. He later retired and returned to the Newcastle area, working in Vickers Shipyards in Wallsend.
As a player A Complete Who"s Who of, by Paul Joannou. Haway The Lads, The Illustrated Story of, by Paul Joannou, Tommy Canning/Patrick Canning.
