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Des Frost
Personal information
Full name Desmond Frost [1]
Date of birth (1926-08-03)3 August 1926[1]
Place of birth Congleton, England
Date of death 3 June 1993(1993-06-03) (aged 66)[1]
Place of death Cheshire, England
Height 5 ft 10+12 in (1.79 m)[2]
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
Civil Defence Messengers (Congleton)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
194?–1949 Congleton Town
1949–1951 Leeds United 10 (2)
1951–1953 Halifax Town 116 (54)
1953–1954 Rochdale 16 (6)
1954–195? Crewe Alexandra 45 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Desmond Frost (3 August 1926 – 3 June 1993) was an English professional footballer who scored 74 goals from 187 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre forward for Leeds United, Halifax Town, Rochdale and Crewe Alexandra.[1] He also played non-league football for Civil Defence Messengers and Congleton Town either side of war service in the Northamptonshire Regiment and the Royal Army Service Corps.[2] Frost was born in Congleton, Cheshire, in 1926 and died in Cheshire in 1993 at the age of 66.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Des Frost". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Player profiles: Des Frost". Leeds United F.C. History. Tony Hill. Retrieved 23 June 2019.