Frank Saul (footballer)
 |
.jpg) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frank Lander Saul[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 August 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | Canvey Island, Essex, England | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Canvey Island | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960–1968 | Tottenham Hotspur | 116 | (37) |
| 1968–1970 | Southampton | 50 | (2) |
| 1970–1972 | Queens Park Rangers | 43 | (4) |
| 1972–1976 | Millwall | 96 | (4) |
| Dagenham | |||
| Total | 305 | (47) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Frank Lander Saul (born 23 August 1943) is an English former professional footballer who played most of his career as a forward for Tottenham Hotspur.
Playing career[edit]
Having started as a youth with Canvey Island F.C., he signed for Spurs in 1960, and was one of 17 players used by the club in the Double winning side of 1960–61.[2] Before being involved in the swap with Southampton for Martin Chivers in 1968. Saul was valued at £45,000 as makeweight in a deal worth £125,000. Saul scored in the 1967 FA Cup Final against Chelsea. Saul joined Queens Park Rangers in 1970 and played 43 league games scoring 4 goals before moving to Millwall in 1972.
When Saul was sent off against Burnley at Turf Moor on 4 December 1965, he was the first Spurs' player to be sent off in a League match since 27 October 1968.[3]
Later life[edit]
After quitting football, Saul worked as a builder in Essex.[4]
Honours[edit]
Tottenham Hotspur
- F.A. Cup winner: 1967
- FA Charity Shield: 1967 (shared)[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Frank Saul". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
- ^ The Double squad[permanent dead link] Retrieved 28 August 2008
- ^ Maxwell, Ian. "Football Trivia". www.soccerhistory.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ Where are they now ? Retrieved 29 August 2008
- ^ "1967/68 Charity Shield". footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  | This biographical article related to association football in England, about a forward born in the 1940s, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1943 births
- Living people
- People from Canvey Island
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Southampton F.C. players
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
- Millwall F.C. players
- English Football League players
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Footballers from Essex
- English football forward, 1940s birth stubs