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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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Profile |
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Full name |
Frank Victor Swift |
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Born |
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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Register Notes |
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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Married |
to Doris Potter
[registered in Fylde, June 1935]. |
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Died |
6 February 1958, aged
44 years 42 days
[registered as Francis in the GRO Air Deaths, 1947-65]. |
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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] & FindMyPast.com |
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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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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 |
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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 Championships 1946-47, 1947-48, 1948-49; |
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Team honours |
British
Championships winners 1946-47, 1947-48; |
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Individual honours |
England B (two appearances,
1947-48); |
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Distinctions |
x |
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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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Frank Swift - Career Statistics |
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Parties |
Apps |
Comp
Apps |
Mins. |
GA |
GA Av.
min |
Comp GA |
Clean
Sheets |
Cln
Sht Av |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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- |
19 |
9 |
1710 |
18 |
95 min |
10 |
9 |
47% |
two |
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 Swift
- Match Record - All Matches |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
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 |
| All |
19 |
14 |
3 |
2 |
65 |
18 |
+47 |
2 |
9 |
3.421 |
0.947 |
81.6 |
+12 |
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Frank Swift
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
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 |
| All |
19 |
14 |
3 |
2 |
65 |
18 |
+47 |
2 |
9 |
3.421 |
0.947 |
81.6 |
+12 |
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Frank Swift
- 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 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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All |
9 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
26 |
10 |
+16 |
0 |
4 |
2.889 |
1.111 |
77.8 |
+5 |
Match History
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Club:
Manchester City F.C. - 19 full appearances (1710 min) |
manager: Walter
Winterbottom - 19 full appearances (1710 min)x
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Age 33 |
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5 |
231 |
12 April 1947 - England 1
Scotland 1,
Empire
Stadium, Wembley |
BC |
HD |
Start |
1 |
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6 |
232 |
3 May 1947 - England 3
France 0,
Arsenal Stadium, Highbury |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
1 |
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7 |
233 |
18 May 1947 - Switzerland
1 England 0,
Hardturm
Stadion, Zürich |
tour |
AL |
Start |
1 |
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1 |
b |
21 May 1947 - Switzerland 0 England 0,
Genève |
AD |
Start |
1 |
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8 |
234 |
25 May 1947 - Portugal 0
England 10,
Estadio Nacional,
Lisboa |
AW |
Start |
1 |
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9 |
235 |
21 September 1947 - Belgium 2 England
5,
Stade
du Heysel, Bruxelles |
Fr |
AW |
Start |
1 |
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10 |
236 |
18 October 1947 -
Wales 0 England 3,
Ninian Park, Cardiff |
BC |
AW |
Start |
1 |
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11 |
237 |
5 November 1947 -
England 2 Ireland 2,
Goodison Park, Liverpool |
BC |
HD |
Start |
1 |
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12 |
238 |
19 November 1947 -
England 4 Sweden 2,
Arsenal Stadium, Highbury |
Fr |
HW |
Start
 68 |
1 |
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Age 34 |
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13 |
239 |
10 April 1948 - Scotland 0
England 2,
Hampden Park,
Glasgow |
BC |
AW |
Start |
1 |
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14 |
240 |
16 May 1948 - Italy 0
England 4,
Stadio Comunale di Torino, Torino |
tour |
AW |
captain |
1 |
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2 |
b |
19 May 1948 - Switzerland 1 England 5,
Stadio Comunale, Bellinzona |
AW |
captain |
1 |
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u/o b |
22
May 1948 -
FC Schaffhausen 0 England 6,
Schaffhausen |
AW |
captain |
1 |
|
15 |
241 |
26 September 1948 -
Denmark 0 England 0,
Idrætsparken, København |
Fr |
AD |
captain |
1 |
|
16 |
242 |
9 October 1948 - Ireland 2 England 6,
Windsor Park, Belfast |
BC |
AW |
Start |
1 |
|
17 |
243 |
10 November 1948 - England 1 Wales 0,
Villa Park, Birmingham |
BC |
HW |
Start |
1 |
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Age 35 |
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18 |
245 |
9 April 1949 -
England 1
Scotland
3,
Empire
Stadium, Wembley |
BC |
HL |
Start |
1 |
|
246 |
13 May 1949 -
Sweden
3 England 1,
Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna |
tour |
AL |
party member |
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b |
15 May 1949 - Finland A 0 England 4, Olympiastadion, Helsinki |
AW |
unused sub |
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19 |
247 |
18 May 1949 - Norway 1 England 4,
Ullevål Stadion, Oslo |
AW |
Start |
1 |
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b |
18 May 1949 - Netherlands A 1 England 4,
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam |
AW |
party member |
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248 |
22 May 1949 - France 1 England 3, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris |
AW |
withdrawn party member |
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