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Frank Shufflebottom

Frank Shufflebottom

English footballer

Frank Shufflebottom (born 9 October 1917, date of death unknown) was an English professional footballer who played as a right back.

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Career

Born in Chesterfield, Shufflebottom began his career at Margate, before turning professional with Ipswich Town in June 1936. Over the next three seasons Shufflebottom made a total of 43 appearances in the Southern Football League.[1] His career was interrupted by World War Two; he signed for Nottingham Forest in June 1939,[2] but didn't make an official appearance until the Football League began again in 1946.[3] During and immediately after the War, Shufflebottom was a guest player for Scottish clubs Raith Rovers, Kilmarnock and Dundee United.[4] He moved to Bradford City in October 1946, making 56 league appearances over the next two years.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Profile". Pride of Anglia. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Forest sign a new full-back". Nottingham Evening Post. 29 June 1939. Retrieved 5 August 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. [3]
    "Nottingham Forest : 1946/47 – 2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  4. [4]
    Gracie, Steve (2009). The Rise of the Terrors. Dundee: Arabest Publishing. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-9558341-1-0.
  5. [5]
    "Bradford City : 1946/47 – 2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 26 February 2011.


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