Frank Boulton (footballer)

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]

Frank Boulton
Personal information
Full name Frank Preece Boulton
Date of birth (1917-08-12)12 August 1917
Place of birth Chipping Sodbury, England
Date of death 12 June 1987(1987-06-12) (aged 69)
Place of death Swindon, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1936 Bath City
1936–1938 Arsenal 36 (0)
1938–1946 Derby County 39 (0)
1946–1950 Swindon Town 97 (0)
1950–? Crystal Palace 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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

  1. "Frank Boulton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  2. "Arsenal Buy New Goalkeeper". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 8 October 1936. p. 17 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Albert's 94 years young". Swindon Advertiser. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2018.


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