Frank Mobley

Frank Mobley

Personal information
Date of birth	21 November 1868[1]
Place of birth	Birmingham,[1] England
Date of death	1940 (aged 71–72)[1]
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Playing position	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Hockley Belmont
	Cape Hill
1886–1892	Singers
1892–1896	Small Heath	96	(62)
1896–????	Bury	3	(0)
????	Gravesend United
1900–1902	Coventry City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Frank Mobley (21 November 1868 – 1940) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward. He played in the Football League for Small Heath and Bury.^[2]

For Small Heath, Mobley scored 64 goals in 103 appearances in all competitions,^[1] and was leading scorer in three successive seasons, from 1893–94 – when he was also overall top scorer in the Second Division^[3] – to 1895–96.^[4]

Honours

• with Small Heath
  • Second Division champions: 1892–93^{[lower-alpha 1]}
  • Second Division promotion: 1893–94
  • Second Division top scorer: 1893–94

Notes

1. Promotion and relegation was decided by test matches, in which the bottom club in the First Division played off against the top club from the Second Division for the right to play in the First Division. Small Heath lost the test match, so were not promoted despite winning the division.

References

General

• Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.

Specific

1. Matthews, p. 111.
2. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
3. Ross, James M. (9 June 2016). "English League Leading Goalscorers 1889–2007". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 15 October 2016.
4. Matthews, pp. 142–43.