Robert Frith

Robert Frith
Personal information
Full name Robert William Frith[1]
Date of birth 1892
Place of birth Hassop, England
Date of death 1939 (aged 4647)[1]
Playing position Half back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1908 Bradford Park Avenue
1909 Sheffield United 0 (0)
1911 Derby County 1 (0)
Luton Town
1919 South Shields 19 (1)
1919–1920 Rotherham County 21 (0)
Mansfield Town
Mid Rhondda United
1924 Rochdale
National team
Western League XI 1

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

† Appearances (goals)

Robert William Frith (1892–1939) was an English professional football half back who played in the Football League for Rotherham County, South Shields and Derby County.[1]

Personal life

Frith was married with two children and at one time worked as a furnace man in Sheffield.[2] Four months into the First World War, Dunn enlisted in the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) on 16 December 1914.[2] He was transferred to the regiment's 27th (Reserve) Battalion in November 1915 and then released from the army the following months to work in a munitions factory in Sheffield.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 104. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 3 "Private Robert William Frith | Great War Stories". www.worldwar1luton.com. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
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