Fred Jardine

Frederick Jardine Date of Birth: Sep 27, 1941

It was a surprise in footballing circles when Fred was given a free transfer by Dundee but the Hatters moved swiftly to sign the pacy left winger from under the noses of Wolves in 1961.

Sadly, Fred joined a Luton side that was tumbling through the divisions and it was not until they were in football’s basement that he managed to win a regular place in the team by which time he had been converted to a full-back.

His surging runs on the overlap and a perfectly executed sliding tackle endeared him to the Luton crowd as the Town won the Division Four championship in 1968. His appearances in the side dwindled after that and after a short spell at Torquay he hung up his boots.

Fred worked at John Pope’s gents outfitters in Dunstable Road for many years and still lived in Luton at the time of his death in 2019.