Frank Foxall, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Frank Foxall

English professional footballer (1883-1968)

Date of Birth: 11-Mar-1883

Place of Birth: Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Frank Foxall

  • Francis Foxall (11 March 1883 – 1968) was an English professional footballer who scored 52 goals in 204 appearances in the Football League playing for Doncaster Rovers, Gainsborough Trinity, Sheffield Wednesday and Birmingham.
  • He played as an outside forward. Foxall was born in Sheffield.
  • He played football for Roundel and Wombwell Town before joining Doncaster Rovers of the Second Division in 1902.
  • The following year Foxall moved on to Gainsborough Trinity, also of the Second Division, where he spent four years, scoring League goals at a rate close to one every three games.
  • This earned him a move to established First Division club Sheffield Wednesday, on the verge of winning the 1907 FA Cup Final.
  • Foxall scored twice in what remained of the 1906–07 season, and over the next three years averaged 15 first-team games a season.
  • In April 1910 he moved on to Birmingham, on the verge of having to apply for re-election.
  • Birmingham experimented with Foxall at inside forward with little success, and he soon returned to the wing, but after a year with the club he moved on again, this time to Shrewsbury Town.On 12 November 1908, he was convicted of assault causing actual bodily harm for "maliciously assaulting" a man from Sheffield two months prior.
  • He was fined £20 (equivalent to £2,000 in 2018).He was married to Selena (or Selina) Green in 1903.
  • He died in 1968 in Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire.

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