Frank Stokes (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 June 1881 | ||
| Place of birth | Burslem, England | ||
| Date of death | 1945 (aged 63–64) | ||
| Playing position | Full back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Burslem Park | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1898–1901 | Burslem Port Vale | 67 | (0) |
| 1901–1903 | Reading | ||
| 1903–1910 | Small Heath / Birmingham | 199 | (1) |
| – | Worcester City | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Frank Stokes (7 June 1881 – 1945) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back. He made more than 250 appearances in the Football League playing for Burslem Port Vale and Small Heath / Birmingham between 1898 and 1910. In between these two spells he spent 1901 to 1903 at Reading, and helped the club to finish second in the Southern League in the 1902–03 season. He played in several England trials but was never selected.
Stokes was born in Burslem, Staffordshire. He joined Burslem Port Vale from local side Burslem Park in October 1898. He made his debut on 4 March 1899 in a 4–1 win over Luton Town at the Athletic Ground, and went on to play a further two Second Division games in the 1898–99 season. He became a first team regular in the 1899–1900 campaign, featuring in 32 league and 10 cup games and missing just two league games all season long, he played more matches than any other Vale player. In the 1900–01 season he again played 32 league games, with just two absences across the whole of the season. He signed for Southern League club Reading in the summer of 1901. The "Royals" posted a fifth-place finish in 1901–02, before finishing as runners-up to Southampton in 1902–03.
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