Frank Mugglestone

Frank Mugglestone was born in Swinton, Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire, England; he was a pupil at Hemsworth Grammar School, Hemsworth, Wakefield; he moved to Bradford aged 17 in c. 1941; his family were landlords of The Unicorn public house, Ivegate, Bradford; he joined the Royal Air Force in 1942 during World War II; he served in; the United Kingdom, Egypt and Palestine until 1947; he was a student at Loughborough University, Leicestershire; following his graduation in 1951, he taught chemistry, mathematics, physics, physical education at (Wolstan) Dixie Grammar School, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire for 7-years from 1951 to 1958; in 1955 he and Leicester Tigers' players; Bob Beason (fl. 1960–1972) and Reginald Dickinson founded Dixie Old Boys RFC (subsequently known as Old Bosworthians RFC, and since the 1997 merger with West Leicester RFC (founded 1963) known as Leicester Forest RFC);[4] he played rugby union for Dixie Old Boys under the pseudonym of Frank Stone, to protect his identity, because he had already played rugby league he had a life-time ban from rugby union as this was in the era prior to 1995 when rugby union was strictly amateur, and any association with rugby league was considered an act of professionalism; he and his wife and children emigrated to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada in 1958; he completed his graduate studies at Springfield College, Massachusetts, USA; he received his Certificate of Advanced Study from the University of Massachusetts, USA; he taught mathematics, physics, physical education at Saint John High School, Saint John, New Brunswick for 7-years from 1958 to 1965, during which time took the school rugby league team on a tour of England, due to the high transportation costs, the team had arrived in England without; football boots, rugby shirts, rugby shorts, rugby socks, or rugby balls, the former rugby league footballer; Arthur Clues, and an old adversary of Frank Mugglestone, who owned a sportswear shop in Merrion Street, Leeds, provided the team with the equipment for free (gratis), the team played matches including against school age teams from; Castleford (two matches), Stanningley, and Leeds; he was the Principal of Hazen White-St. Francis School (New Brunswick School District 08), Saint John, New Brunswick from 1965 to 1967; he was the Principal of Saint John Vocational School, Saint John, New Brunswick from 1967 to 1977; he was the Principal of the then newly built Westisle Consolidated High School, Rosebank, Prince County, Prince Edward Island from 1979 to 1985; he was a follower of Belleisle Rovers Rugby Club, Belleisle, New Brunswick;[5] he died aged 94 at Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John, New Brunswick, on Friday 4 January 2019, and his funeral service took place at Saint Mary and Saint Bartholomew`s Church, 646 Westmorland Road, Saint John, New Brunswick, E2J 2H4 at 2:00pm on Tuesday 22 January 2019.[6][7][8][9]

Frank Mugglestone's marriage to Violetta M. "Betty" (née Fletcher, a drama teacher) was registered during fourth ¼ 1946 in Bradford district, they were married at Bradford Cathedral on Saturday 9 November 1946, after which he played for Bradford Northern, and scored 3-goals. They had children; Philippa Mugglestone and Anne F. Mugglestone (birth registered first ¼ 1951 (age 69–70) in Wakefield district).

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