Francis Banks | |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Birth Date: | February 1865 |
Birth Place: | Aston, England |
Death Place: | Birmingham, England |
Clubs1: | All Saints |
Years2: | 1889–1890 |
Caps2: | 4 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1890–1??? |
Clubs3: | Warwick County |
Francis Banks (February 1865 – after 1890) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football Alliance for Small Heath. Banks was born in Aston, now part of Birmingham, and joined Small Heath as a backup to goalkeeper Chris Charsley in 1889.[1] In his first competitive game he conceded nine goals away at Sheffield Wednesday, and in his remaining three games, at the end of the 1889–90 season, he let in a total of nineteen.[2] He then joined Warwick County of the Midland League.[1]