Frank Ballard

Frank Ballard
Personnel
birthday	4th quarter 1876
place of birth	Long Eaton ,  England
date of death	June 8, 1902
Place of death	Long Eaton ,  England
position	defender
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
	Long Eaton Rangers
1898-1899	Leicester Fosse	2 (0)
	Ilkeston Town
1 Only league games are given.

Frank Ballard (4th quarter 1876 in Long Eaton , † June 8, 1902 ibid) was an English football player .

Career

Ballard played for the Long Eaton Rangers in the Midland League and reached with the club in 1897, the main round of the FA Cup (0: 1 against Gainsborough Trinity ) before 1898 together with his teammate Bernie Fulwood for one season in the Football League Second Division to Leicester Fosse changed. Presented at Leicester as a “solid defender”, he succeeded - probably also handicapped by an ankle injury. - not asserting himself in the defense positions against Jack Walker and George Swift . He represented both competitors only once during the season. For the following season Ballard moved - together with Fulwood - back to the Midland League, in which he had also played with the Leicester reserves, to Ilkeston Town .

Apart from football, Ballard earned his living in the textile trade ( lace worker ) at Long Eaton. Ballard died unexpectedly on the night of June 8, 1902. A judicial investigation into the cause of death suggested that heart disease was the most likely cause of death.

Web links

• Profile on foxestalk.co.uk

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c d} Dave Smith & Paul Taylor: Of Fossils & Foxes: The Official, Definitive History of Leicester City Football Club . Pitch Publishing, Brighton 2016, ISBN 978-1-78531-228-1 , pp. 211 .
2. ↑ FOOTBALL. FOSSE FOOTBALL CLUB. . In: Leicester Chronicle , August 27, 1898, p. 2.  (paid link)
3. ↑ FOOTBALL PLAYER'S DEATH. . In: Athletic News , June 16, 1902, p. 3.  (link subject to charge)
4. ↑ SUDDEN DEATH OF A LONG EATON FOOTBALLER. . In: Derby Daily Telegraph , June 10, 1902, p. 2.  (paid link)