Frank Morrad

Frank Morrad (28 February 1920 – 13 July 1981) was an English professional football forward who played in the Football League, most notably for Leyton Orient and Brighton & Hove Albion.

Frank Morrad
Personal information
Full name Frank Morrad[1]
Date of birth (1920-02-28)28 February 1920
Place of birth Brentford, England
Date of death 13 July 1981(1981-07-13) (aged 61)[1]
Place of death Mijas, Spain
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1936– Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Southall
0000–1946 Notts County 1 (0)
→ Arsenal (guest)
→ Clapton Orient (guest)
→ Crystal Palace (guest)
1946–1947 Leyton Orient 25 (11)
1947–1948 Fulham 0 (0)
1948–1951 Brighton & Hove Albion 43 (3)
1951–1953 Brentford 6 (2)
1953–1954 Bedford Town 59 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Morrad began his career as a junior with Brentford in 1936.[2] He later moved to Athenian League club Southall and began his professional career with Third Division South club Notts County prior to the outbreak of the Second World War.[2][3] During the war, Morrad guested for Arsenal, Clapton Orient and Crystal Palace,[3] before finally making his professional debut for Notts County in 1946.[4] He moved to fellow Third Division South club Leyton Orient, for whom he had guested during the war, in November 1946.[1] Morrad found his form at Brisbane Road and scored 11 goals in 25 games during the second half of the 1946–47 season.[5] Morrad departed the Os in August 1947 for Second Division club Fulham,[1] but he failed to make an appearance for the club.[5]

Morrad dropped to the Third Division South to join Brighton & Hove Albion in February 1948 and remained with the club until August 1951,[1] when he rejoined hometown club Brentford.[5] He made just six appearances for the Bees and joined Southern League club Bedford Town in 1953,[3][6] for whom he made 59 appearances before retiring in 1954.[7]

Personal life

After his retirement from football, Morrad ran a chain of betting shops in West London.[8] In the 1960s, he employed former Brentford player Ken Coote as manager of one of the branches.[8]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Notts County 1946–47[4] Third Division South 1 0 ― 1 0
Brentford 1951–52[6] Second Division 1 1 0 0 1 1
1952–53[6] 5 1 0 0 5 1
Total 6 2 0 0 6 2
Career total 7 2 0 0 7 2

References
  1. "Frank Morrad". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  2. Kaufman, Neilson. "VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020" (PDF). pp. 80–81. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  3. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  4. Up the Maggies. "Notts County FC in the 1940s". Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  5. Frank Morrad at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  6. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 381–382. ISBN 0951526200.
  7. "Best Years Players J-R – bedfordoldeagles". Sites.google.com. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  8. Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 37. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
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