Frank Mather (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | England | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| Brooklyn Celtic | |||
| 1915 | New York Continentals | ||
| 1915-1916 | Brooklyn Celtic | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Frank Mather was an English association football goalkeeper who played in the first two American National Challenge Cups. He played sporadically for Brooklyn Celtic.
Mather may have played for a team which competed in the 1909-1910 Derbyshire Cup.[1] By 1913, he was playing for Brooklyn Celtic in the New York State Association Football League.[2] In 1914, Celtic lost to the Brooklyn Wanderers in the first National Challenge Cup.[3] He didn’t play again until January 1915 when he joined the New York Continentals.[4] By May 1915, he was back with Celtic when they went to the final of the Challenge Cup, losing this time to Bethlehem Steel F.C.[5] He again took time off from the game, rejoining Celtic in February 1916.[6]