| Frank Lindley | |
| Fullname: | Frank Louis Lindley |
| Birth Date: | 1885 |
| Birth Place: | Sheffield, England |
| Height: | 5ft 9in |
| Position: | Outside right |
| Clubs1: | Midland Athletic |
| Years2: | 1910–1911 |
| Clubs2: | Dundee |
| Caps2: | 13 |
| Goals2: | 5 |
| Years3: | 1911–1912 |
| Clubs3: | Motherwell |
| Caps3: | 24 |
| Goals3: | 4 |
| Years4: | 1912–1913 |
| Clubs4: | Sheffield United |
| Caps4: | 1 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1913–1914 |
| Clubs5: | Newport County |
| Years6: | 1914–1915 |
| Clubs6: | Luton Town |
| Caps6: | 5 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 1916–1917 |
| Clubs7: | St Bernard's |
Frank Louis Lindley (1885–1947) was an English professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Motherwell and Dundee as an outside right.[1] [2] He made one appearance in the Football League for Sheffield United.[3]
Lindley served in three battalions of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War, most notably the 1st Football Battalion.[4] He was posted to France in November 1915 and sustained a gunshot wound to the arm at Delville Wood in August 1916,[5] which resulted in him being evacuated to Mater Infirmorum Hospital in Belfast.[6] He returned to France in March 1917, but was sent to hospital in Sheffield with impetigo in July 1917.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Dundee | 1910–11 | Scottish First Division | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | |
| Motherwell | 1911–12 | Scottish First Division | 24 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 7 | |
| Luton Town | 1914–15[7] | Southern League First Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Career total | 42 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 12 | |||