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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

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

Source:[3]

Club Season League FA Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City 1952–53 First Division 12010130
1953–54 Second Division 10000100
Fulham 1953–54 Second Division 800080
1954–55 Second Division 15010160
1955–56 Second Division 200020
Mansfield Town 1956–57 Third Division North 36020380
1957–58 Third Division North 27040310
Career Total 1100801180

References

  1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. "Frank Elliott". Barry Hugman's Footballers Post-War Premier & Football League Players' Records. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  3. Frank Elliott at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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