Robert Frith

Robert Frith
Personal information
Full name Robert William Frith[1]
Date of birth 1892
Place of birth Hassop, England
Date of death 1939 (aged 4647)[1]
Playing position Half back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1908 Bradford Park Avenue
1909 Sheffield United 0 (0)
1911 Derby County 1 (0)
Luton Town
1919 South Shields 19 (1)
1919–1920 Rotherham County 21 (0)
Mansfield Town
Mid Rhondda United
1924 Rochdale
National team
Western League XI 1

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Robert William Frith (1892–1939) was an English professional football half back who played in the Football League for Rotherham County, South Shields and Derby County.[1]

Personal life

Frith was married with two children and at one time worked as a furnace man in Sheffield.[2] Four months into the First World War, Dunn enlisted in the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) on 16 December 1914.[2] He was transferred to the regiment's 27th (Reserve) Battalion in November 1915 and then released from the army the following months to work in a munitions factory in Sheffield.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 104. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 3 "Private Robert William Frith | Great War Stories". www.worldwar1luton.com. Retrieved 2015-12-15.


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