Frank O'Donnell

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Frank O'Donnell
Personal information
Full name Francis Joseph O'Donnell
Date of birth August 31, 1911
Place of birth    Buckhaven, Scotland
Date of death    September 4, 1952 (aged 41)
Playing position Forward
Youth clubs
-1930 Wellesley Juniors
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1930-1935
1935-1937
1937-1946
1946
1946-1947		 Celtic
Preston North End
Blackpool
Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest		 78 (51)
92 (36)
30 (17)
29 (14)
11 0(5)   
National team
1937-1938 Scotland 06 0(2)
Teams managed
1947-1952 Buxton

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Francis Joseph "Frank" O'Donnell (August 31, 1911 — September 4, 1952) was a Scottish professional footballer. He was the older brother of fellow footballer Hugh O'Donnell. The siblings stayed together for the first sixteen years of their careers, both playing concurrently for Celtic, Preston North End and Blackpool. He also made six appearances for the Scotland national team.

For Celtic, O'Donnell made 78 league appearances and scored 51 goals, which equated to an average of a goal every 1.5 games.

His scoring touch remained when he signed for Preston North End in 1935, netting 36 goals in 92 league games.

In 1937, O'Donnell signed for Preston's arch-rivals, Blackpool. He made his debut December 4, 1937, in a draw at Middlesbrough. He scored his first goal for the club two weeks later, in a 2–1 victory at West Bromwich Albion. He went on to score another nine goals in his remaining fourteen games of the season.

The following season, 1938–39, O'Donnell scored seven goals in thirteen appearances, including a hat-trick in a 5–1 victory over Chelsea at Bloomfield Road on October 8, 1938.

O'Donnell left Blackpool during the 1945–46 season, the final inter-war campaign, and signed for Aston Villa. In his one season at Villa Park, he scored fourteen goals in 29 league appearances.

O'Donnell finished his playing career with Nottingham Forest in 1947. He died just five years later, on September 4, 1952, aged 41.

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[edit] International career

While at Blackpool, O'Donnell represented Scotland on six occasions, finding the net twice.

[edit] Management

Upon retiring, O'Donnell managed one club, Buxton, between 1947 and 1952.

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