Frank Cannon (footballer)

Frank Cannon
Personal information
Full name Frank Cannon[1]
Date of birth (1888-11-08)8 November 1888[1]
Place of birth Ware, England[1]
Date of death 15 February 1916(1916-02-15) (aged 27)
Place of death Ypres Salient, Belgium
Position(s) Inside-right
Youth career
1900–1907 Hitchin Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1907–1909 Queen's Park Rangers 27 (9)
1909–1910 West Ham United 3 (1)
1910–1911 New Brompton 23 (1)
1911–1913 Port Vale 48 (17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Cannon (8 November 1888 – 15 February 1916) was an English footballer who played at inside-right. He played for Hitchin Town, Queen's Park Rangers, West Ham United, New Brompton, and Port Vale. He helped QPR to the Southern League title in 1907–08 and scored in the FA Charity Shield defeat in 1908. He later won the Staffordshire Senior Cup and Birmingham Senior Cup with Port Vale. He was killed in action during World War I at the age of 27.

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