Frederick Joseph Patton was an amateur footballer who played as a forward in the 1870s, and scored for Oxford University A.F.C.
[1] He went up to Balliol College in 1870 and played for Oxford University Etonians in Field Game matches against their Cambridge University counterparts in 1870[2] and 1871, scoring the only two goals in the latter game.
[3] When the university started an association football side, he was naturally one of its founder members.
[4] His greatest achievement was scoring the second goal in the 1874 FA Cup final, finishing off a move by Walpole Vidal and Cuthbert Ottaway with a smart shot from a Vidal cross.
[6] After university, Patton became a barrister, and married Edith Furlonger on 1 November 1876 in Surrey.