Frank Preece Boulton (12 August 1917 – 12 June 1987) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Arsenal, Derby County and Swindon Town.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frank Preece Boulton | ||
Date of birth | 12 August 1917 | ||
Place of birth | Chipping Sodbury, England | ||
Date of death | 12 June 1987 | (aged 69)||
Place of death | Swindon, England | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1936 | Bath City | ||
1936–1938 | Arsenal | 36 | (0) |
1938–1946 | Derby County | 39 | (0) |
1946–1950 | Swindon Town | 97 | (0) |
1950–? | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Boulton started his career at Bath City, joining Arsenal age 19.[2] He joined Derby County in August 1938 and made 39 League appearances either side of World War II.[1] He joined Swindon Town in 1946, where he shared a house with his former Arsenal teammate Albert Young.[3] As a matter of interest, Frank Boulton's first cousin, Arthur H Jones, was in the first Welsh Rugby side to win at Twickenham in 1933.
References
edit- ^ a b "Frank Boulton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "Arsenal Buy New Goalkeeper". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 8 October 1936. p. 17 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Albert's 94 years young". Swindon Advertiser. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2018.