Frank Shufflebottom

Frank Shufflebottom
Personal information
Date of birth	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
1936–1939	Ipswich Town
1939–1946	Nottingham Forest
	→(wartime)
	→Raith Rovers (guest)
	→Kilmarnock (guest)
1945–1946	→Dundee United (guest)
1946–1948	Bradford City
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Career[edit]

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[edit]

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

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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.

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