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Scottish footballer

Frank Lindley
Personal information
Full name Frank Louis Lindley
Date of birth 1885
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Date of death 1947 (aged 61–62)
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
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 5 (0)
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. He made one appearance in the Football League for Sheffield United.

Personal life

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

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 Scottish First Division 13 5 1 0 14 5
Motherwell 1911–12 Scottish First Division 24 4 3 3 27 7
Luton Town 1914–15 Southern League First Division 5 0 0 0 5 0
Career total 42 9 4 3 46 12

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 174. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "Private Frank Louis Lindley | Great War Stories". www.worldwar1luton.com. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  3. ^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  4. "Frank Lindley". motherwellnet. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  5. ^ "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.
  7. "Frank Lindley". Hatters Heritage. Retrieved 4 December 2020.

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