Frank Shufflebottom (born 9 October 1917, date of death unknown) was an English professional footballer who played as a right back.

Frank Shufflebottom
Personal information
Date of birth (1917-10-09)9 October 1917
Place of birth Chesterfield, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
1935–1936 Margate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1936–1939 Ipswich Town 43 (0)
1939–1946 Nottingham Forest 2 (0)
→(wartime)
Raith Rovers (guest)
Kilmarnock (guest)
1945–1946Dundee United (guest) 16 (1)
1946–1948 Bradford City 56 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Born in Chesterfield, Shufflebottom began his career at Margate, before turning professional with Ipswich Town in June 1936. Over the next three seasons Shufflebottom made a total of 43 appearances in the Southern Football League.[1] His career was interrupted by World War Two; he signed for Nottingham Forest in June 1939,[2] but didn't make an official appearance until the Football League began again in 1946.[3] During and immediately after the War, Shufflebottom was a guest player for Scottish clubs Raith Rovers, Kilmarnock and Dundee United.[4] He moved to Bradford City in October 1946, making 56 league appearances over the next two years.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Pride of Anglia. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Forest sign a new full-back". Nottingham Evening Post. 29 June 1939. Retrieved 5 August 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Nottingham Forest : 1946/47 – 2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  4. ^ Gracie, Steve (2009). The Rise of the Terrors. Dundee: Arabest Publishing. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-9558341-1-0.
  5. ^ "Bradford City : 1946/47 – 2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 26 February 2011.