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Frank Saul (footballer)

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Frank Saul
Personal information
Full name Frank Lander Saul[1]
Date of birth (1943-08-23) 23 August 1943 (age 81)
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

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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

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After quitting football, Saul worked as a builder in Essex.[4]

Honours

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Tottenham Hotspur

References

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  1. ^ "Frank Saul". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. ^ The Double squad[permanent dead link] Retrieved 28 August 2008
  3. ^ Maxwell, Ian. "Football Trivia". www.soccerhistory.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  4. ^ Where are they now ? Retrieved 29 August 2008
  5. ^ Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 491. ISBN 0354 09018 6.
  6. ^ "1967/68 Charity Shield". footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2020.