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Frank
Buckley |
Derby County
FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F 0:
A 3
0% successful
1914
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Major Franklin Charles Buckley |
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Birth |
Tuesday, 3 October 1882 at Highfield Terrace,
Westbourne Road, in Urmston, Lancashire |
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registered in Barton-upon-Irwell January-March 1883 |
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Education |
Attended St Francis Xavier
College in Liverpool. |
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According to the 1891 census,
Franklin C. is the ninth of eleven children (sixth of seventh on this
census) to John and Julia Margaret (née Franklin), living at
19 Newton Street in Urmston. His father is an Army Instructor.
Joined the army in February 1900 until April 1905. |
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Not on the 1901 census
(he had joined the army a year previously), but his family are living at
13 Duke Street in Rusholm area of south Manchester. His father is a drill
instructor.
His mother died during the 1904 summer. |
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First marriage |
to Madge Robinson, on Wednesday, 4 October 1905 at Chorlton Register Office,
Lancashire, Madge herself is a widow |
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registered in Chorlton October-December 1905 |
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Children |
Frank and Madge Buckley have one son together. Jack (b.17 November
1904) |
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Other children |
Frank Buckley and Harriet Owen have one son together. Jack (b.15
February 1910).
Harriet is a servant at Lodge Farm. Jack was adopted by
the White's a year later. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Franklin is married to Madge with one son, Jack, and they live at Lodge
Farm in Redditch. Franklin is a farmer.
Upon his attestation, on 15
December 1914, to the 17th Middlesex Regiment (the Footballers' Battalion), his address
is stated as Burymound, Warstock in Warwickshire. |
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Could not be found on the 1921 census.
According to the Midlands Electoral Roll, Frank, along with his brother,
Christopher, in 1935, were living at Hawkesley Farm in the Northfield area
of Birmingham.
His wife died on 21 February 1936 at Hawkesley Farm.
The British Phone Books, however in 1936, revealed that
Buckley, calling himself Major Franklin C., was living on Rupert Street in
Wolverhampton, and could be contacted by telephone on 22735. By 1937, he
was living at St Jude's Court on the Tettenhall Road, same number. |
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Second marriage |
to
Dorothy Isabel Davis, on Tuesday, 23 June 1936 at Wolverhampton Register Office,
Staffordshire |
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registered in Wolverhampton April-June 1936 |
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"ROYAL ARMY
ORDNANCE CORPS. |
Franklin Charles BUCKLEY
(late Cadet C.Q.S.M., King Edward's Sch. (Birmingham) Contgt., Jun. Div.,
O.T.C.) to be Lt. 20th July 1939." - The London Gazette, 29
August 1939 |
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According to the 1939 register, Franklin C., a secretary/manager, is now
married to Dorothy I., and are living at 4 St. Jude's Court in
Wolverhampton.
According to the Kensington Electoral Registers for
1949/50, Franklin C. is living at 60 Pont Street in Chelsea with an Annie
Lamb. |
"ROAD FINE ON MAJOR
BUCKLEY
"Maj. Franklin Charles Buckley, 99,
Boothferry-rd, Hull, manager of Hull City FC, was fined £3 at
Howden for exceeding 30mph in a car through the built-up area of Newport.
"Pc. Bayers said that on March
1, Maj. Buckley's speed was 48 to 50mph, which was reduced to 35mph
approaching Newport Bridge, and increased to 42mph before he passed out of
the area.
"Maj. Buckley wrote admitting and
regretting the offence, and said he saw no signs. He enclosed a blank
cheque." - Monday, 19 April 1948, The Daily Mail |
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Death |
Monday night, 21 December 1964,
at his home, Mellish Road
in
Walsall, Staffordshire |
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aged 82 years 79 days |
registered in Walsall October-December 1964 |
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Obituary |
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Funeral |
Thursday, 24 December 1964 at St. John's Church in
Snowhill, Wolverhampton,
'followed by a private cremation.' |
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His wife, Dorothy, died on 20 September 1991 in Walsall |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Biographies |
Football Is My Life Story
(1937)
The Major: The
Life and Times of Frank Buckley - Patrick A. Quirke
(Tempus Publishing, 2006) |
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- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Played
junior football until he joined Aston Villa FC in April 1903 after he had
bought himself out of the army. Without any league appearances,
but one match against Corinthians in December 1904,
he joined Brighton & Hove Albion FC in 1905 in the Southern League. A year later, on 14 June 1906,
Buckley joined Manchester United FC. Joined rivals, Manchester City FC on 31 August 1907. Birmingham FC
followed on 28 July 1909. In his contract, it was stipulated that if any club offered £50,
then he should be allowed to join that club, and Derby County FC did so, and
they signed him on 24 May 1911. Despite, on 28 May
1912, Buckley placing a newspaper advert, offering his services to any
club whom would have his services. Bradford City took
Buckley on 12 May 1914, despite interest from prominent clubs, the fee was
over £1000 He retired from the game during WW1, after sustaining war
injuries to his shoulder and lungs. He did however, manage one
Southern League appearance with Norwich City FC after the war in September
1919. |
League honours
165 appearances, 7 goals |
Manchester
United FC 1906-07 three appearances
debut: 29 September 1906
Manchester United FC 1 Derby County FC 1.
Manchester City FC 1907-08 eleven appearances
debut 26
September 1907 Preston North End FC 2 Manchester City FC 4.
Birmingham FC 1909-11 55 appearances, four goals
debut
(division two): 4 September 1909 Birmingham FC 2 Oldham Athletic FC 2.
Derby County FC 1911-14 92
appearances, three goals
debut (division two): 2 September 1911 Clapton
Orient FC 3 Derby County FC 0.
Bradford City FC 1914 four appearances
debut: 1 September 1914
Manchester City FC 4 Bradford City FC 1.
last: 12 September 1914
Bradford City FC 2 Tottenham Hotspur FC 2. |
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Club honours |
Football
League Division One third place 1907-08 (7ᵃ); Division Two winners 1911-12
(28ᵃ 1ᵍ); |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
His brother, Christopher S. Buckley also played with Aston Villa
FC, eventually becoming the club's chairman. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10½", 12st.
0lbs [1906].
5'
11", 13st.
7lbs [1912]. 5' 10¾",
[1914] |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Management
Career |
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Club(s):
After its directors had a clearout at their AGM, Buckley
became the
secretary~manager of Norwich City FC of
the Southern League on 19 March 1919 until July 1920. He left the game for
a while, but returned to become the manager of Blackpool FC on 12 June
1923. He then became the secretary~manager at Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
on 30 May 1927 until he became the manager of Notts County FC 22 February 1944
on £4500 a year. Took up the vacant position at Hull City AFC on 18 May
1946 until he resigned on 5 April 1948, effective from 2 May. Leeds United AFC had tried to make
Buckley their manager in the Autumn of 1947. It did not happen until he
accepted the post on 12 April 1948, commencing 3 May. He then resigned
five years later, on 4 May 1953, to take over at Walsall FC until he retired in June 1955. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division Two winners
1931-32;
Division One
runners-up 1937-38, 1938-39; FA Cup runners-up 1938-39; |
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Individual honours |
An award for
Contribution to The Football League 2014-15; |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of three who became the 376th
players (376) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-half |
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Only match |
No.
117, 14 February 1914,
England 0 Ireland 3, a British Championship match at Ayresome Park, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, aged 31 years
134 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1913-14; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Commanded the Footballers Battalion
of the Middlesex Regiment and was badly wounded in the shoulder on the Somme in
August 1916. Between 1920 and 1923, he worked for Maskell's, a
confectionary company based in London, as a commercial salesman. He was in
charge of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers for three years up to 1936. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.53. |
