Frank Ballard
Frank Ballard | ||
Personnel | ||
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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
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 .
- ↑ FOOTBALL. FOSSE FOOTBALL CLUB. . In: Leicester Chronicle , August 27, 1898, p. 2. (paid link)
- ↑ FOOTBALL PLAYER'S DEATH. . In: Athletic News , June 16, 1902, p. 3. (link subject to charge)
- ↑ SUDDEN DEATH OF A LONG EATON FOOTBALLER. . In: Derby Daily Telegraph , June 10, 1902, p. 2. (paid link)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ballard, Frank |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | between October 1876 and December 1876 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Long Eaton |
DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1902 |
Place of death | Long Eaton |