Frank Costello (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frederick G. Costello | ||
Date of birth | 1884 | ||
Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
Date of death | (aged 29) | ||
Place of death | France | ||
Position(s) |
Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Soho Villa | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1904–1905 | West Bromwich Albion | 0 | (0) |
1905–1907 | Halesowen Town | 60 | (35) |
1907–1909 | Southampton | 41 | (10) |
1909 | West Ham United | 12 | (3) |
1909–1910 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
1910–???? | Nelson | ||
Merthyr Town | |||
Salisbury City | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Frederick "Frank" G. Costello (1884 – 19 December 1914) was an English professional
Playing career
Costello was born in Birmingham and, after playing his youth football with Soho Villa, joined West Bromwich Albion in September 1904. Failing to make the grade, he moved to Halesowen Town at the beginning of the 1905-06 season. He made his debut on 2 September 1905, scoring the winning goal in a 1-0 victory over Oldbury. He went on to make 60 recorded league appearances and helped Halesowen gain promotion back into the Birmingham & District League.
After two seasons with Halesowen, he moved to the south coast to join
He also played in all six
Injury kept him out of the team for the early part of the 1908–09 season; he had a run of five matches at inside left in November before being switched to
He made twelve Southern League appearances for West Ham (scoring three goals) before moving on to Bolton Wanderers. He failed to make the first team at Bolton and after spells with Nelson and Merthyr Town he returned to Southampton, where he turned out occasionally for Salisbury City.
After football
During the
References
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- ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
- ISBN 0-9534474-1-3.
- ISBN 1-899807-19-5.
- ^ The Alphabet of the Saints. p. 127.
- ^ "Frederick Costello | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ Kahn, Nigel. "Remembrance day: Frank Costello". theyflysohigh.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "Costello, Frank". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 11 September 2014.