Frank Morrad
Personal information
Full name Frank Morrad[1]
Date of birth (1920-02-28)28 February 1920
Place of birth Brentford, England
Date of death 13 July 1981(1981-07-13) (aged 61)[1]
Place of death Mijas, Spain
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1936– Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Southall
0000–1946 Notts County 1 (0)
→ Arsenal (guest)
→ Clapton Orient (guest)
→ Crystal Palace (guest)
1946–1947 Leyton Orient 25 (11)
1947–1948 Fulham 0 (0)
1948–1951 Brighton & Hove Albion 43 (3)
1951–1953 Brentford 6 (2)
1953–1954 Bedford Town 59 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Morrad (28 February 1920 – 13 July 1981) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as a forward, most notably for Leyton Orient and Brighton & Hove Albion.

Playing career

Morrad began his career as a junior with Brentford in 1936.[2] He later moved to Athenian League club Southall and began his professional career with Third Division South club Notts County prior to the outbreak of the Second World War.[2][3] During the war, Morrad guested for Arsenal, Clapton Orient and Crystal Palace,[3] before finally making his professional debut for Notts County in 1946.[4] He moved to fellow Third Division South club Leyton Orient, for whom he had guested during the war, in November 1946.[1] Morrad found his form at Brisbane Road and scored 11 goals in 25 games during the second half of the 1946–47 season.[5] Morrad departed the Os in August 1947 for Second Division club Fulham,[1] but he failed to make an appearance for the club.[5]

Morrad dropped to the Third Division South to join Brighton & Hove Albion in February 1948 and remained with the club until August 1951,[1] when he rejoined hometown club Brentford.[5] He made just six appearances for the Bees and joined Southern League club Bedford Town in 1953,[3][6] for whom he made 59 appearances before retiring in 1954.[7]

Personal life

After his retirement from football, Morrad ran a chain of betting shops in West London.[8] In the 1960s, he employed former Brentford player Ken Coote as manager of one of the branches.[8]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Notts County 1946–47[4] Third Division South 1 0 ― 1 0
Brentford 1951–52[6] Second Division 1 1 0 0 1 1
1952–53[6] 5 1 0 0 5 1
Total 6 2 0 0 6 2
Career total 7 2 0 0 7 2

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Frank Morrad". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Kaufman, Neilson. "VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020" (PDF). pp. 80–81. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  4. 1 2 "Notts County FC in the 1940s". Up the Maggies. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 Frank Morrad at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  6. 1 2 3 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 381–382. ISBN 0951526200.
  7. ↑ "Best Years Players J-R". bedfordoldeagles. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  8. 1 2 Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 37. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.
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