Frank Jones (footballer)

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Frank Jones
Personal information
Full name Frank Jones
Date of birth (1960-10-03) 3 October 1960 (age 63)
Place of birth Llandudno, Wales [1]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Wrexham
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1978–1981 Wrexham 8 (0)
1981–1982 Oswestry Town
1982–1983 Bangor City
1983–1984 Conwy United
1985–1986 Wrexham 31 (0)
1987–1989 Rhyl
1990–1991 Conwy United
1991–1996 Llandudno
International career
Wales U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Jones (born 3 October 1960) is a Welsh former footballer who played as a defender. Mostly playing in the Welsh football league, he made appearances in the English football league with Wrexham.

Career

A product of Wrexham's youth system, Jones turned professional in 1978, making 8 appearances in his first spell at the club. [3]

Jones would leave in 1981, having spells at Oswestry Town, Bangor City and Conwy United before returning to Wrexham in 1985. [1]

He would only stay one season, before he would move back into the Welsh football league with Rhyl, before returning to Conwy United and ending his career at home-town club Llandudno. [1]

During his career, Jones won a cap for the Wales Under-21 team. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Frank Jones". WorldFootball. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  2. Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 122. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. "WREXHAM : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Neil Brown. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  4. "Frank Jones". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 May 2018.