Willie Frame

Third Lanark team during 1923 tour – Frame standing, far left
Personal information
Full name	William Frame
Date of birth	c. 1896[1]
Place of birth	Larkhall, Scotland
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s)	Left back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–	Larkhall Thistle
1918–1924	Clyde	194	(0)
1924–1931	Motherwell	173	(0)
1930–1931	→ Dunfermline Athletic (loan)	35	(0)
1931–1932	Gateshead
1932–1934	Bray Unknowns
1934–1938	Linfield
1938–1939	Motherwell	10	(0)
Total		412	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Frame was a Scottish footballer who played as a left back, although he could also play at left half.^[3] He spent six years with Clyde and six with Motherwell^[4] (being heavily involved during a period in the late 1920s where the Steelmen consistently finished near the top of the Scottish Football League table, being runners-up in the 1926–27 and 1929–30 seasons), before falling out of favour and serving a loan at second-tier Dunfermline Athletic. He then played in England's Football League for one year with Gateshead in 1931–32, followed by two seasons at Bray Unknowns in the Republic of Ireland and four seasons with Linfield in Northern Ireland,^[5] returning to Motherwell for a short spell in 1938. He did not score any goals in over 440 appearances in Scotland's leagues or the Scottish Cup.^[3]

During his time at Clyde, Frame played in the Glasgow FA's annual challenge match against Sheffield in four consecutive years,^[3] and he was a guest member of a squad organised by Third Lanark that toured South America in the summer of 1923.^[6][7]

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