Billy Frame

For the Motherwell and Clyde player, see Willie Frame.

Billy Frame
Personal information
Full name William Lammie Frame
Date of birth (1912-05-07)7 May 1912
Place of birth Carluke, Scotland
Date of death 1992 (aged 79–80)
Height 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m)[1]
Position(s) Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1933 Shawfield ?
1933–1950 Leicester City 220 (0)
1950–? Rugby Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Lammie Frame (7 May 1912 – 1992) was a Scottish footballer who played as a full back between the 1930s and 1950s.[2]

He was born in Carluke and played for the Glasgow-based Shawfield club before moving to Leicester City in October 1933, going on to make 459 senior appearances for them (including wartime games).[3][4] He made his debut for the Foxes against Tottenham Hotspur, during which he scored an own goal.[5] He left the club in 1950 and went to play for Rugby Town.[6]

  1. ^ "Leicester need a good centre-forward". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. vii – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1899468676.
  3. ^ "Players". FilbertStreet.net. Archived from the original on 9 April 2001. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  4. ^ Leicester City In 100 Players: Billy Frame, John Hutchinson, Leicester City FC, 15 August 2021
  5. ^ "Head To Head: Tottenham Hotspur". lcfc.com. Leicester City FC. 5 January 2006. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  6. ^ Billy Frame at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database