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 6162)[1]
Playing position Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Midland Athletic
Dundee
Motherwell
1912 Sheffield United 1 (0)
Newport County
1914–1915 Luton Town

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Frank Lindley (1885–1947) was an English professional football outside right who played in the Football League for Sheffield United.[1]

Personal life

Lindley fought with the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) during the First World War.[2] He was posted to France in November 1915 and sustained a gunshot wound to the arm in August 1916, resulting in him being evacuated to a hospital in Belfast.[3] He returned to France in March 1917, but was sent home with impetigo in July 1917.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 174. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. "The Footballers' Battalions". www.football-league.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  3. 1 2 "Private Frank Louis Lindley | Great War Stories". www.worldwar1luton.com. Retrieved 2015-12-12.


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