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Frank
Swift |
Manchester City FC
19 appearances, 18 goals against
one
penalty conceded
P 19 W 14 D
3 L 2 F 65: A 18
82% successful
1946-49
captain: two
minutes played: 1710 |
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Timeline |
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Frank Victor Swift |
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Birth |
26 December
1913 at 33 Ibbison Street, Blackpool, Lancashire [registered in
Fylde, March 1914], the fourth of six children to Frederick and Jane
Cornall... not 24th (confirmed by his biography and 1939 register). His
parents married in Preston on 5 December 1914. Frederick died on 21 August
1921, before Frank's younger siblings, twins, were born.
Attended Revoe
Primary School in Blackpool. |
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According to the 1939
register, professional footballer Frank V. is married to Doris, and they
live at 104 Lloyd Street South in Manchester. |
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Marriage |
to Doris Potter
[registered in Fylde, June 1935]. |
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Death |
Thursday, 6 February 1958,
died on his way to the Klinikum rechts der Isar in
München following the airplane crash at Flughafen
München Riem,
Kirchtrudering, West Germany,
aged
44 years 42 days
[registered as Francis in the GRO Air Deaths, 1947-65].
One of 23 fatalities of the Munich Air Disaster. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Biographies |
Football in the
Goalmouth - Frank Swift and Roy Peskett (1948).
Frank Swift:
Manchester City and England Legend - Mark Metcalfe (DB Publishing,
March 2013) |
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x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Swift
announced his retirement from football on 19 April 1949. |
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Club honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
Football
Writers' Association
Footballer of the Year third
place 1947-48; |
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Distinctions |
x |
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Height/Weight |
6'
2", 14st.
0lbs [1949]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One
of nine who became the 655th
player (655) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Goalkeeper; 69th goalkeeper to appear |
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First match |
No. 227, 28 September 1946, Ireland 2 England
7, a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged
32 years
276 days. |
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Last match |
No. 247, 18 May 1949,
Norway
1 England
4,
an end-of-season tour match at Ullevål Stadion, Ullevål, Oslo, aged 35 years 143 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1946-47, 1947-48, 1948-49; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1946-47, 1947-48; |
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Individual honours |
England B (two appearances,
1947-48); |
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Distinctions |
Died the same day
as Roger Byrne, David Pegg and Tommy Taylor and three days after Joe Cottle. |
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Beyond England |
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At the time of his retirement from
football, Swift was associated with a Manchester catering firm, first as a
trainee, then as an assistant manager, from which he was drawing a
four-figure salary per year. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x. |
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On 6th
February 1958 the airliner carrying players and backroom staff of
Manchester United, plus a number of journalists and supporters, crashed in
a blizzard on its third attempt to take off from Munich airport. United
were returning from Belgrade where they had just beaten Red Star Belgrade
in the European Cup and had stopped off at Munich for re-fuelling.
Twenty-three of the forty-four passengers on board the aircraft lost their
lives. - Munich Remembered and Never Forgotten -
Munich58.co.uk |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Apps |
Comp
Apps |
minutes |
GA |
GA Av.
min |
Comp GA |
Clean
Sheets |
Cln
Sht Av |
Cln
Sht best |
captain |
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18 |
19 |
9 |
1710 |
18 |
95 min |
10 |
9 |
47% |
341 min |
two |
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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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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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19 |
14 |
3 |
2 |
65 |
18 |
+47 |
2 |
9 |
3.421 |
0.947 |
81.6 |
+12 |
Venue Record
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Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home |
8 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
23 |
10 |
+13 |
0 |
3 |
2.875 |
1.25 |
75.0 |
+4 |
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Away |
11 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
42 |
8 |
+34 |
2 |
6 |
3.818 |
0.727 |
86.4 |
+8 |
Competition Record
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Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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British Championship |
9 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
26 |
10 |
+16 |
0 |
4 |
2.889 |
1.111 |
77.8 |
+5 |
| Friendly |
10 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
39 |
8 |
+31 |
2 |
5 |
3.90 |
0.80 |
85.0 |
+7 |
Tournament Record
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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 1946-47 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
3 |
+8 |
0 |
1 |
3.667 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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BC 1947-48 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
2 |
2.333 |
0.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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BC 1948-49 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
2.667 |
1.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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BC
All |
9 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
26 |
10 |
+16 |
0 |
4 |
2.889 |
1.111 |
77.8 |
+5 |
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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 |
9 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
26 |
10 |
+16 |
0 |
4 |
2.889 |
1.111 |
77.8 |
+5 |
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9 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
26 |
10 |
+16 |
0 |
4 |
2.889 |
1.111 |
77.8 |
+5 |
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Club:
Manchester City F.C. - 19 full appearances (1710 min) 18ᵍᵃ |
manager: Walter
Winterbottom - 19 full appearances (1710 min) 18ᵍᵃx
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