Frank_Donovan_(footballer)

Frank Donovan (footballer)

Frank Donovan (footballer)

Welsh footballer

Francis James Donovan (26 February 1919 – 17 April 2003) was a Welsh footballer who represented Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2][3] Donovan played amateur football with Milford United, Haverfordwest and Pembroke Borough, where he captained them to promotion in 1947–48 and was selected for the 1948 Great Britain Olympic squad.[4][5]

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He joined the English Football League for Swansea Town,[6] signing for the club in July 1950.

He rejoined Pembroke Borough in July 1951 helping them win the Welsh Football League double in the 1953–54 season.[4]

He subsequently managed Pembroke Borough[7] and Milford United.[4]

He combined his football career with a job as an electrician at Pembroke Docks, and he also owned a sports shop.[4]

References

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    "Frank Donovan". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
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    "Frank DONOVAN". FIFA. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
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    "Frank Donovan". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
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    "Players of the Past". Swansea City AFC. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
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    "Frank Donovan". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
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    "SWANSEA CITY : 1946/47 – 2012/13". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
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    "Former Pembroke Borough star footballer dies". Western Telegraph.


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