Frank Taylor (footballer, born 1901)

Frank Taylor
Personal information
Full name	Frank Edward Taylor
Date of birth	(1901-07-16)16 July 1901
Place of birth	Wolverhampton, England
Date of death	1973 (aged 71–72)
Playing position	Inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1920–1921	Sunbeam Motors
1921–1922	Port Vale	0	(0)
1922–1923	Sunbeam Motors
1923–1936	Newport County	34	(12)
1926–1928	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	61	(21)
1928–1929	Gillingham	29	(8)
1929–19??	Shrewsbury Town
Total		124	(41)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Francis Edward Taylor (16 July 1901 – 1973) was an English professional association football player of the 1920s.

Playing career

Born in Wolverhampton, he played at inside forward. He played non-league football for Sunbeam Motors, and was briefly on the books at Port Vale. He joined Newport County for a three year spell in 1923. He joined Gillingham from Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in 1928 and went on to make 29 appearances for the club in The Football League, scoring eight goals.^[1]^[2] He later played for Shrewsbury Town in the Birmingham & District League.

Sourced from Frank Taylor profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Division	Season	League		FA Cup		Total
Club	Division	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Port Vale	Second Division	1921–22	0	0	0	0	0	0
Newport County	Third Division South	1923–24	2	0	0	0	2	0
	Third Division South	1924–25	19	11	0	0	19	11
	Third Division South	1925–26	13	1	2	1	15	2
	Total		34	12	2	1	36	13
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Third Division South	1926–27	27	11	5	3	32	14
	Third Division South	1927–28	34	10	4	2	38	12
	Total		61	21	9	5	70	26
Gillingham	Third Division South	1928–29	29	8	2	0	31	8
Career total			124	41	13	6	137	47

↑ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 30. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
↑ Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Soccerdata. p. 126. ISBN 1-899468-20-X.

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