Frank Mather (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Place of birth | England | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
Brooklyn Celtic | |||
1915 | New York Continentals | ||
1915-1916 | Brooklyn Celtic | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals) |
Frank Mather was an English association football goalkeeper who played in the first two American National Challenge Cups. He played sporadically for Brooklyn Celtic.
Mather may have played for a team which competed in the 1909-1910 Derbyshire Cup.[1] By 1913, he was playing for Brooklyn Celtic in the New York State Association Football League.[2] In 1914, Celtic lost to the Brooklyn Wanderers in the first National Challenge Cup.[3] He didn’t play again until January 1915 when he joined the New York Continentals.[4] By May 1915, he was back with Celtic when they went to the final of the Challenge Cup, losing this time to Bethlehem Steel F.C.[5] He again took time off from the game, rejoining Celtic in February 1916.[6]