Frank Broome
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frank Henry Broome[1] | ||
Date of birth | 11 June 1915 | ||
Place of birth | Berkhamsted, England | ||
Date of death | 10 September 1994[1] | (aged 79)||
Place of death | Exeter, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1932–1933 | Boxmoor United | ||
1933–1934 | Berkhamsted Town | (53) | |
1934–1946 | Aston Villa | 136 | (78) |
1946–1949 | Derby County | 112 | (45) |
1949–1952 | Notts County | 105 | (35) |
1953 | Brentford | 6 | (1) |
1953–1954 | Crewe Alexandra | 36 | (16) |
1954–1955 | Shelbourne | ? | (0) |
National team | |||
1938–1949 | England | 7 | (3) |
Teams managed | |||
1955–1958 | Notts County (assistant) | ||
1957 | Notts County (caretaker) | ||
1958–1960 | Exeter City | ||
1960 | Southend United | ||
1961–1962 | Bankstown | ||
1962–1967 | Corinthian | ||
1967 | Melita Eagles | ||
1967–1969 | Exeter City | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Frank Broome (11 June 1915 – 10 September 1994) was an English professional footballer and manager. He played for Aston Villa during his professional career and won seven caps as an England striker, scoring three times, including once against Germany on his debut in 1938.[2]
Having helped win promotion for Villa in ,[3] the 1937–38 pre-season matches saw Villa pitched against local rivals West Bromwich Albion. The derby match ended in a 1-1 draw with Broome scoring for Villa and Harry Jones grabbing one for the Baggies.[4]
Broome guested for Nottingham Forest during WW2, making 3 appearances (1 goal) in 1939–40, 1 appearance (4 goals) in 1940–41 and 10 appearances (4 goals) in 1941–42. He also guested for Wolves during wartime, playing and scoring in the 1942 War Cup Final.
In 1955 Broome signed for Shelbourne,[1] making his League of Ireland debut on 27 February. The nearest he came to scoring was when he had a penalty saved at Glenmalure Park on 27 March in the FAI Cup.
Approaching 40 years of age and coupled with the expense of weekly flights to Dublin he ended up only playing 6 games for Shels.
After retiring from playing, he went on to manage both Exeter City, Southend United and in Australia.[1][5]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "England Players – Frank Broome". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ englandfc.com. "Frank Broome statistics". Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2007.
- ^ Association Football, 27 August 1938, The Times
- ^ Saturday's Results, 22 August 1938, The Times
- ^ "Broome Frank Image 1 Aston Villa 1939". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
External links[]
- Frank Broome management career statistics at Soccerbase
- Player profile at Aston Villa Players Database
- Player Profile at englandstats.com
- 1915 births
- 1994 deaths
- English footballers
- England international footballers
- English Football League players
- Berkhamsted Town F.C. players
- Aston Villa F.C. players
- Watford F.C. wartime guest players
- Derby County F.C. players
- Notts County F.C. players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Crewe Alexandra F.C. players
- Shelbourne F.C. players
- English football managers
- Exeter City F.C. managers
- Southend United F.C. managers
- League of Ireland players
- English expatriate football managers
- Expatriate soccer managers in Australia
- Parramatta FC managers
- English expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- Association football forwards
- Association football outside forwards
- People from Berkhamsted
- Footballers from Hertfordshire
- English football forward, 1910s birth stubs
- English football manager stubs