Frank Shufflebottom

Frank Shufflebottom (born 9 October 1917, date of death unknown) was an English professional footballer who played as a right back.

Frank Shufflebottom
Personal information
Date of birth (1917-10-09)9 October 1917
Place of birth Chesterfield, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
1935–1936 Margate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1936–1939 Ipswich Town 43 (0)
1939–1946 Nottingham Forest 2 (0)
→(wartime)
→Raith Rovers (guest)
→Kilmarnock (guest)
1945–1946 →Dundee United (guest) 16 (1)
1946–1948 Bradford City 56 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Chesterfield, Shufflebottom began his career at Margate, before turning professional with Ipswich Town in June 1936. Over the next three seasons Shufflebottom made a total of 43 appearances in the Southern Football League.[1] His career was interrupted by World War Two; he signed for Nottingham Forest in June 1939,[2] but didn't make an official appearance until the Football League began again in 1946.[3] During and immediately after the War, Shufflebottom was a guest player for Scottish clubs Raith Rovers, Kilmarnock and Dundee United.[4] He moved to Bradford City in October 1946, making 56 league appearances over the next two years.[5]

References
  1. "Profile". Pride of Anglia. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  2. "Forest sign a new full-back". Nottingham Evening Post. 29 June 1939. Retrieved 5 August 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Nottingham Forest : 1946/47 – 2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  4. Gracie, Steve (2009). The Rise of the Terrors. Dundee: Arabest Publishing. p. 215. ISBN 978 0 9558341 1 0.
  5. "Bradford City : 1946/47 – 2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 26 February 2011.


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