Frank Lindley

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 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.[3][4] He made one appearance in the Football League for Sheffield United.[1]

Personal life

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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 Mater Infirmorum Hospital in Belfast.[5][2] He returned to France in March 1917,[2] but was sent to hospital in Sheffield with impetigo in July 1917.[5]

Career statistics

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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
Luton Town 1914–15[7] Southern League First Division 5 0 0 0 5 0
Career total 42 9 4 3 46 12

References

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  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 174. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  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 c "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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