Francis Wilson (born 1904) was a Scottish

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who played as an outside right. He began his senior career at hometown club

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

,Frank Wilson
MotherWELLnet being farmed out to non-league Mid-Annandale, helping them win the Scottish Qualifying Cup. In 1928 he moved to neighbours Hamilton Academical in a swap deal involving defender

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and became established at ''Accies'', forming a wing partnership with Willie Moffat;Wilson, Francis (1928)
Hamilton Academical Memory Bank the team reached the semi-finals of the

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. In 1933 Wilson signed for

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but was sold on after one season to

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. He then switched to Northern Ireland with

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, returned to Scotland with

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then had another short spell in northern England, this time with

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, before joining Ross County of the Highland League. During

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he featured for Hamilton and

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.Frank Wilson
AFC Heritage Trust

References

1904 births Date of birth missing Year of death missing Scottish men's footballers Men's association football outside forwards English Football League players Footballers from Motherwell Scottish Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players NIFL Premiership players Highland Football League players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Motherwell F.C. players Mid-Annandale F.C. players Ross County F.C. players Preston North End F.C. players Alloa Athletic F.C. players Glentoran F.C. players Falkirk F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players Aberdeen F.C. wartime guest players Hamilton Academical F.C. wartime guest players {{Scotland-footy-forward-1900s-stub