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Frank Elliott (footballer)

Frank Fredrick George Elliott ( 23 July 1929 – November 2018) was a Welsh former footballer who played in the Football League for Fulham, Mansfield Town and Stoke City.[1][2]

Frank Elliott
Personal information
Full name Frank Fredrick George Elliott[1]
Date of birth (1929-07-23)23 July 1929[1]
Place of birth Lambeth, England[1]
Date of death November 2018 (aged 89)
Place of death Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1940–1945 Welsh Schoolboy Football
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946 Merthyr Tydfil
1947–1952 Swansea Town 0 (0)
1952–1954 Stoke City 22 (0)
1954–1955 Fulham 25 (0)
1955–1958 Mansfield Town 63 (0)
1959 Bath City
Total 110 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Elliott was born in Lambeth and began his career with Merthyr Tydfil and then Swansea Town before he joined Stoke City in 1952.[1] He provided back up to Bill Robertson and Dennis Herod making 13 appearances in 1952–53 and ten in 1953–54 before leaving for Fulham in March 1954.[1] He spent three seasons at Craven Cottage and then moved to Mansfield Town where he spent two seasons making 69 appearances and later played for non-league Bath City.[1]

Career statistics

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Source:[3]

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stoke City 1952–53 First Division 12 0 1 0 13 0
1953–54 Second Division 10 0 0 0 10 0
Fulham 1953–54 Second Division 8 0 0 0 8 0
1954–55 Second Division 15 0 1 0 16 0
1955–56 Second Division 2 0 0 0 2 0
Mansfield Town 1956–57 Third Division North 36 0 2 0 38 0
1957–58 Third Division North 27 0 4 0 31 0
Career Total 110 0 8 0 118 0

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ^ "Frank Elliott". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  3. ^ Frank Elliott at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)