Frank Broome

This article is about the English footballer and manager. For the English pilot, see Frank Broome (pilot).

Frank Broome

Personal information
Full name	Frank Henry Broome
Date of birth	(1915-06-11)11 June 1915
Place of birth	Berkhamsted, England
Date of death
Place of death	Exeter, England
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
-	Boxmoor United	?	(?)
-	Berkhamsted Town	?	(53)
1934-1946	Aston Villa	136	(78)
1946-1949	Derby County	112	(45)
1949-1952	Notts County	105	(35)
1953	Brentford	6	(1)
1953-1954	Crewe Alexandra	36	(16)
1954-1955	Shelbourne	?	(0)
International career
1938-1949	England	7	(3)
Managerial career
1958-1960	Exeter City
1960	Southend United
1967-1969	Exeter City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Broome (11 June 1915 – 10 September 1994) was an English professional footballer and manager.

He played for Aston Villa during his professional career and won seven caps as an England striker, scoring three times, including once against Germany on his debut in 1938. He guested for Nottingham Forest during WW2, making 3 appearances (1 goal) in 1939-40, 1 appearance (4 goals) in 1940-41 and 10 appearances (4 goals) in 1941-42. He also guested for Wolves during wartime, playing and scoring in the 1942 War Cup Final.

In 1955 Broome signed for Shelbourne making his League of Ireland debut on the 27th of February. The nearest he came to scoring was when he had a penalty saved at Glenmalure Park on the 27th of March in the FAI Cup.

Approaching 40 years of age and coupled with the expense of weekly flights to Dublin he ended up only playing 6 games for Shels.

After retiring from playing, he went on to manage both Exeter City and Southend United.

External links

• Frank Broome management career statistics at Soccerbase
• Player profile at Aston Villa Players Database