Frederick Sewards Trueman (born February 6 1931) was an English cricketer.

Frederick S. Trueman, a man whom came from such humble beginnings though rose through adversity to become one of the most successful fast bowlers not only in English history but that the world has ever seen.

Born in Stainton, Yorkshire. Fred's bowling abilities shone through at an early age as is recalled from his figures of 6 wickets for one solitary run playing against a top English league side when he was just fifteen years of age. This subsequently made Yorkshire County Cricket Club first sit up and take notice of him.

From that day onwards F.S.Trueman rose through the English cricketing ranks to cement himself firstly at county level in 1949 with Yorkshire, then on to become debatably the best true fast bowler of his generation. He was the first man to take 300 Test wickets and no doubt could have taken many more had it not been for numerous clashes and problems with the Yorkshire and English cricketing hierarchy.

Fred Truemans statistics speak for themselves. He took 2,302 first class wickets (including four hat tricks) at an average of 18.27 and 307 test wickets at an average of 21.54. His first class career spanned a remarkable twenty years (1949-1969) and when he did eventually hang up his boots he became renowned for telling his tall stories and antidotes from his cricketing past.

Alongside Henry Blofeld, he appeared as one of the cricket commentators in the Tertiary Phase of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series.

Frederick Sewards Trueman will go down in history as being one of the games greatest characters yet more importantly as one of the greatest fast bowlers to every grace the fine game of cricket.

He played county cricket for Yorkshire.