Frank Upton
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frank Upton[1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 October 1934 | ||
Place of birth | Atherstone, England | ||
Date of death | 17 May 2011 | (aged 76)||
Place of death | Derby, England | ||
Position(s) |
Central defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1950–1954 |
Nuneaton Borough | (?) | |
1953–1954 | Northampton Town | 17 | (1) |
1954–1961 | Derby County | 224 | (12) |
1961–1965 | Chelsea | 74 | (3) |
1965–1966 | Derby County | 35 | (5) |
1966–1967 | Notts County | 34 | (3) |
1967–1968 | Worcester City | (?) | |
1968 | Workington | 7 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1968 | Workington | ||
1979–1980 | Randers FC | ||
1981 | Al-Arabi Kuwait | ||
1984–1985 |
Bedworth United | ||
1987–1989 |
Keflavik ÍF | ||
1989–90 | Sabah FA | ||
1990 | Burton Albion (caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Frank Upton (18 October 1934 – 17 May 2011)[2] was an English professional football player and manager.[3]
Playing career
Upton, a hard tackling central defender, began his football career with
In September 1965 he rejoined Derby County, moving on to Notts County a year later. He left league football the following summer, joining non-league Worcester City in July 1967,
Coaching and managerial career
Upton joined
He joined Northampton Town's coaching staff in October 1969, but moved to coach Aston Villa in January 1970. He joined Chelsea's coaching staff in August 1977 and became caretaker manager in December 1978 after the dismissal of Ken Shellito. He was later coach of Danish side Randers Freja between February 1979 and February 1980.
He joined Dundee as a coach in August 1980 and coached Al Arabi of Kuwait in 1981. In 1982, he returned to the UK as coach of Wolverhampton Wanderers, a post he held until October 1984 when he was appointed as manager of Bedworth United.
He was assistant manager of
He was appointed as youth coach at
In 1991, he opened a sports injuries clinic in Derby, continuing with his coaching career[4] and joined the coaching staff at Leicester City in 1992.
In December 2008 he returned to Derby for the annual dinner of the Derby County Former Players' Association, and he served on the association's committee.[5] He died just over two years later, in May 2011, at the age of 76.[6]
References
- ISBN 1-85291-585-4.
- ^ "Burton Mail". Burton Mail. 18 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- ^ "Frank Upton". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
- ISBN 1-873626-32-0.
- ^ "Anton Rippon". Derby Evening Telegraph. 3 December 2008. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
- ^ "News & Star | Sport | Reds | Former Workington Reds player-manager Frank Upton dies". Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2011.