Willie Frame Explained

Willie Frame
Fullname:William Frame
Height:5ft 8in[1]
Birth Date: 1896[2]
Birth Place:Larkhall, Scotland
Years1:–
Clubs1:Larkhall Thistle
Years2:1918–1924
Clubs2:Clyde
Caps2:194
Goals2:0
Years3:1924–1930
Clubs3:Motherwell
Caps3:173
Goals3:0
Years4:1930–1931
Clubs4:Dunfermline Athletic
Caps4:35
Goals4:0
Years5:1931–1932
Totalcaps:402
Totalgoals:0

William Frame was a Scottish footballer who played as a left back, although he could also play at left half.[3] He spent six years with Clyde and six with Motherwell[4] (being heavily involved during a period in the late 1920s where the "Steelmen" consistently finished near the top of the Scottish Football League table, being runners-up in the 1926–27 and 1929–30 seasons). Serving as captain at some points, he was also reported as being on the verge of leaving the club when left out of the team,[5] [6] and eventually fell out of favour at Fir Park and moved to second-tier Dunfermline Athletic.[7] He did not score any goals in over 430 appearances in Scotland's leagues or the Scottish Cup.[3]

During his time at Clyde, Frame played in the Glasgow FA's annual challenge match against Sheffield in four consecutive years,[3] and he was a guest member of a squad organised by Third Lanark that toured South America in the summer of 1923,[8] [9] also visiting that region with Motherwell in 1928.[10] [11]

After retiring, he unsuccessfully applied to be manager of Ayr United[12] and Raith Rovers[13] and later joined the AEI works at Motherwell, where his sons already worked;[14] 1960s player John Moore credited Frame with providing good advice on becoming a professional having seen him play in casual workplace games.[15] Frame was also a groundskeeper at a local park.[16]

Frame's career has been merged in some sources[4] [3] [17] with that of a younger player of the same name, a goalkeeper who was a reserve with Motherwell at the same time as the defender left the club,[18] then played in England's Football League for one year with Gateshead in 1931–32,[19] [20] followed by two seasons at Bray Unknowns in the Republic of Ireland and four seasons with Linfield in Northern Ireland,[21] returning to Motherwell for a short spell in 1938.[22] [23]

Notes and References

  1. https://playupliverpool.com/1927/08/01/season-preview-192728-motherwell-f-c-the-athletic-news/ Season preview 1927/28 – Motherwell F.C.
  2. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1518/images/30807_A000736-00210?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=6488f1f74a423d196061bdf59f55867c&usePUB=true&_phsrc=DGT43&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.87165339.2081618113.1610767752-600699904.1609293102&pId=27960478 'Highland Pride': La Plata, Argentina to Liverpool, England, 4 Aug 1923
  3. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.
  4. http://www.motherwellnet.com/database/player-archive/f/willie-frame/ Willie Frame
  5. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001752/19271120/208/0020 Willie Frame Wants A New Club
  6. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000473/19271125/125/0007 Will Frame Go?
  7. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000471/19300816/240/0011 Now With Dunfermline Willie Frame Leaves Fir Park
  8. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/3rdlanark-satrip23.html Río de la Plata Trip of Third Lanark 1923
  9. https://books.google.com/books?id=1xojAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22willie+frame%22+motherwell&pg=PT52 Tommy McInally: Celtic's Bad Bhoy
  10. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000566/19280701/163/0020 Motherwell Cheery
  11. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53403363 Motherwell: Beating Argentina & bringing football to South America
  12. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000728/19311010/293/0023 Willie Frame, Motherwell
  13. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19331009/164/0009 The Real Raith At Last Favoured Four For Managership
  14. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000473/19600819/180/0016?browse=true The Frames Are Very Much A Part of A.E.I.
  15. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000473/19860619/186/0024 John's the Manager of Luton
  16. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000473/19640911/185/0013 Football At George St. Park
  17. https://www.vintagefootballers.com/product/frame-willie-image-1-motherwell-1925/ Frame Willie Image 1 Motherwell 1925
  18. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000728/19311002/284/0024 Willie Frame Free
  19. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . SoccerData . Nottingham . 2012 . 103 . 978-1-905891-61-0.
  20. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000729/19320103/235/0017 Getting Brighter At New Brighton
  21. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004162/19360307/129/0010 Scot Between the Posts Linfield's Goalkeeper
  22. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000473/19380826/114/0006 Last Minute Thrill Saves Ibrox
  23. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19381014/194/0011 Hunter Plays

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