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Frank Lindley
Personal information
Full name Frank Louis Lindley[1]
Date of birth 1885
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Date of death 1947 (aged 61–62)[1]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Midland Athletic
1910–1911 Dundee 13 (5)
1911–1912 Motherwell 24 (4)
1912–1913 Sheffield United 1 (0)
1913–1914 Newport County
1914–1915 Luton Town
1916–1917 St Bernard's
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Louis Lindley (1885–1947) was an English professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Motherwell and Dundee as an outside right.[3][4] He made one appearance in the Football League for Sheffield United.[1]

Personal life

Lindley served in three battalions of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War, most notably the 1st Football Battalion.[5] He was posted to France in November 1915 and sustained a gunshot wound to the arm at Delville Wood in August 1916,[6] which resulted in him being evacuated to a hospital in Belfast.[2] He returned to France in March 1917,[2] but was sent to hospital in Sheffield with impetigo in July 1917.[5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dundee 1910–11[3] Scottish First Division 13 5 1 0 14 5
Motherwell 1911–12[3] Scottish First Division 24 4 3 3 27 7
Career total 37 9 4 3 41 12

References

  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 174. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. ^ a b c "Private Frank Louis Lindley | Great War Stories". www.worldwar1luton.com. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  4. ^ "Frank Lindley". motherWELLnet. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Frank Louis Lindley | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Diary: Luton Town player wounded on the Somme | Great War Stories". www.worldwar1luton.com. Retrieved 14 June 2020.


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