Frank Smallman

Francis Joseph Bruce "Frank" Smallman (1869–1941)[1] was an English professional footballer who scored 23 goals from 58 appearances in the Football League playing as an outside right for Lincoln City.[2]

Frank Smallman
Personal information
Full name Francis Joseph Bruce Smallman
Date of birth 1869
Place of birth Willingham by Stow, England
Date of death 1941 (aged 72)
Place of death Lincoln, England
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– St John's (Lincoln)
1889–1895 Lincoln City 22 (17)
1895–1896 Burton Wanderers
1896–1897 Lincoln City 36 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Smallman was born in Willingham by Stow, Lincolnshire, in 1869. He made his debut for Lincoln City on 7 September 1889 in the Midland League, and was the club's leading scorer for that season with 17 goals in senior competitions. Smallman played for the club until the end of the 1892–93 season, their first in the Football League. He was ever-present during that season, and was the club's leading scorer with 19 goals in senior competitions,[1] 17 in the League. He spent the 1893–94 season with Burton Wanderers[2] in the Midland League before returning to Lincoln City for two more years. Smallman's last game for their first team came in the Football League Second Division, a 4–1 defeat to former club Burton Wanderers on 4 April 1896. Over both spells with Lincoln, he scored 53 goals from 120 senior appearances.[1] Smallman died in Lincoln in 1941 at the age of 72.[3]

References
  1. "Frank Smallman". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 6 April 2010. Access individual season statistics via Season Stats dropdown menu.
  2. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 240. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  3. "Index entry". FreeBMD. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 April 2010.


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