Frank Sharp | |
Fullname: | Frank William Sharp[1] |
Height: | [2] |
Position: | Inside forward |
Birth Date: | 26 April 1899 |
Birth Place: | Tintwistle, Cheshire, England |
Death Place: | Maghull, Lancashire, England |
Youthyears1: | – |
Years1: | 191?–1919 |
Clubs1: | Barton BSC |
Years2: | 1919–1922 |
Clubs2: | Mossley |
Years3: | 1922–1923 |
Caps3: | 5 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1923–1924 |
Caps4: | 22 |
Goals4: | 7 |
Years5: | 1924–192? |
Clubs5: | Stourbridge |
Years6: | – |
Clubs6: | Stalybridge Celtic |
Years7: | 1926–1927 |
Clubs7: | Mossley |
Frank William Sharp (26 April 1899 – 15 March 1963) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham and Chesterfield.[3] He played as an inside forward.
Sharp was born in Tintwistle, which was then part of Cheshire. He worked in a steelworks and played football part-time for Barton BSC and for Mossley before turning professional with Birmingham in 1922.[4] [5] He made his debut in the First Division on 6 September 1922, deputising for Jackie Whitehouse in an away game against Newcastle United which finished goalless. He kept his place until Whitehouse regained fitness, but did not play again;[6] a creative player, he was uncomfortable with a more attacking role.[4] He moved on to Chesterfield of the Third Division North in 1923, for whom he scored seven goals in 22 league appearances.[3] He then returned to non-league football with Stourbridge, Stalybridge Celtic, and a second spell with Mossley; over his Mossley career he scored 28 goals in 60 appearances.[5]