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Frank Mobley
Frank Mobley (21 November 1868 – 9 February 1956) was an English professional association football, footballer who played as a centre forward. He played in the English Football League, Football League for Birmingham City F.C., Small Heath and Bury F.C., Bury. For Birmingham City F.C., Small Heath, Mobley scored 64 goals in 103 appearances in all competitions,Matthews, p. 111. and was leading scorer in three successive seasons, from 1893–94 Small Heath F.C. season, 1893–94when he was also overall top scorer in the Football League Second Division, Second Divisionto 1895–96 Small Heath F.C. season, 1895–96. In a 1950 interview, he told the ''Sports Argus'' that he "could have got a few more if [he'd] been as selfish as some of the present-day forwards who seem to want to do all the scoring." The National Registration Act 1939, 1939 Register lists Mobley as living in retirement with his son, also named Frank, and his family in the Five Ways, Birmingham, Five Ways distric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West Midlands metropolitan county, and approximately 4.3 million in the wider metropolitan area. It is the largest UK metropolitan area outside of London. Birmingham is known as the second city of the United Kingdom. Located in the West Midlands region of England, approximately from London, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midlands. Distinctively, Birmingham only has small rivers flowing through it, mainly the River Tame and its tributaries River Rea and River Cole – one of the closest main rivers is the Severn, approximately west of the city centre. Historically a market town in Warwickshire in the medieval period, Birmingham grew during the 18th century during the Midla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
