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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 |
Thursday, 9 November 1882 in Urmston, Lancashire [registered in
Barton upon Irwell, March 1883].
Attended St Francis Xavier
College in Liverpool.
Birthdate
confirmed by the 1939 Register and a Liverpool Echo article in
November 1957. |
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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. |
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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. |
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First marriage |
to Madge Robinson on 4 October 1905 at Chorlton Register Office
[registered in Chorlton, Lancashire, December 1905]. |
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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 admission to the
army, his address was stated as Burymound, Warstock in Warwickshire. |
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According to 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.
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 23 June 1936 at Wolverhampton Register Office
[registered in Wolverhampton, June 1936]. |
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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. |
"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, 21 December 1964,
at his home
in
Walsall, aged
82 years 42 days
[registered in Walsall, Staffordshire, December 1964]. |
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Funeral |
Thursday, 24 December 1964
at St. John's Church in Wolverhampton,
'followed by a private cremation.' |
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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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x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Playing Career |
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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. A year later, on 14 June 1906,
Buckley joined Manchester United FC and made three league
appearances. Joined rivals, Manchester City FC on 31 August 1907
and made eleven league appearances. Birmingham FC
followed on 28 July 1909, making 55 league appearances, scoring four
times. In his contract, it was stipulated that if any club offered £50,
then he should be allowed to join that club, Derby County FC did so, and
they signed him on 24 May 1911 and he made
92 league appearances, scoring three times. 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 managed four games before the
outbreak of war. He retired from the game during WW1, after sustaining war
injuries to his shoulder and lungs. He did however, manage one
league appearance with Norwich City FC after the war in September
1919. |
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Club honours |
Football
League Division Two winners 1911-12; |
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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 |
An Irish father
meant Buckley could have represented Ireland. |
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Beyond England |
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Commanded the Footballers Battalion
of the Middlesex Regiment (joined 15 December
1914 at Chelsea Town Hall) 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 Northunberland Fusiliers for three years up to 1936. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.53. |
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Frank Buckley - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Frank Buckley
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home
-
British Championship |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
| All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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Frank Buckley
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1913-14 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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BC
All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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Frank Buckley
- Match History |
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Club: Derby
County F.C. - 1 full cap |
F.A. International Select
Committee - 1
full capx
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Age 31 |
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1 |
117 |
14 February 1914
- England 0 Ireland 3,
Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough |
BC |
HL |
Start |
ch |
Notes
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CG
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