Frank Searle (footballer)

Frank Searle
Personal information
Full name Frank Burnett Searle[1]
Date of birth (1906-01-30)30 January 1906[1]
Place of birth Hednesford, England[1]
Date of death 16 June 1977(1977-06-16) (aged 71)[2]
Place of death Waltham Forest,[2] England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3]
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1923–1924 Hednesford Prims
1924 Stoke 0 (0)
1924–1926 Hednesford Town
1926 Willenhall
1926–1928 Bristol City 1 (0)
1928–1933 Charlton Athletic 66 (2)
1933 Chester 4 (0)
1933–1934 Watford 4 (0)
1934–1938 Clapton Orient 122 (1)
1934 → Ashford (loan)
Total 197 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Burnett Searle (20 January 1906 – 16 June 1977) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke, Bristol City, Charlton Athletic, Chester, Watford and Clapton Orient.[4] Whilst signed to the latter club he played for their nursey team Ashford in the Kent League in September 1934.[5]

  1. ^ a b c Frank Searle at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b "Players: Savage–Smillie" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016. Trefor Jones. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Clapton Orient. Not much money: but useful side". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xi – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Michael Joyce (October 2004). The Football League player's records 1888 to 1939. ISBN 1899468676.
  5. ^ "Bee's Notes On Sport Of The Day". Liverpool Echo. 11 October 1934. p. 14.