Frank Thorpe
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 November 1879 | ||
| Place of birth | Hayfield, Derbyshire, England | ||
| Date of death | 17 April 1928 (aged 48) | ||
| Place of death | Blackpool, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1897–1900 | Stalybridge Rovers | ||
| 1900–1901 | Newton Heath | 0 | (0) |
| 1901–1906 | Bury | 180 | (2) |
| 1906–1907 | Plymouth Argyle | ||
| 1907–1909 | Southampton | 65 | (5) |
| 1909–1910 | Bury | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Frank Thorpe (13 November 1879 – 17 April 1928) was an English footballer who played as a centre-half for various clubs in the 1900s, including Southampton and Bury, with whom he won the FA Cup in 1903.
Thorpe was born in Hayfield, Derbyshire and started his football career with Stalybridge Rovers, before a brief spell on the books of Newton Heath, where he failed to break into the first-team. In June 1901, he joined Bury, where he was re-united with his former Stalybridge team-mate, wing-half John Johnston.
Thorpe soon became a fixture at centre-half, between Johnston on the right and the veteran George Ross on the left. In the league, Bury finished seventh in the First Division in 1901–02 and eighth in the following season. Ross played in all of Bury's matches in the FA Cup in 1902–03, reaching the final where Bury defeated Derby County in one of the most one-sided finals ever played. Bury's 6–0 victory still stands as the record Final win. Bury also equalled another record, winning the Cup without conceding a goal in any round. In the final itself, Thorpe's through ball in the 48th minute was slid past Derby County's injured goalkeeper Jack Fryer by Charlie Sagar for the second goal, following which Fryer was replaced in goal by Charlie Morris who conceded a further four goals in the next half-hour.
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