Frank Saul (footballer)

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Frank Saul
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Personal information
Full name Frank Lander Saul [1]
Date of birth (1943-08-23) 23 August 1943 (age 82)
Place of birth Canvey Island, Essex, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position Forward
Youth career
Canvey Island
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1960–1968 Tottenham Hotspur 116 (37)
1968–1970 Southampton 50 (2)
1970–1972 Queens Park Rangers 43 (4)
1972–1976 Millwall 96 (4)
Dagenham
Total305(47)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Lander Saul (born 23 August 1943) is an English former professional footballer who played most of his career as a forward for Tottenham Hotspur.

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Playing career

Having started as a youth with Canvey island, Saul signed for Spurs in 1960, and was one of 17 players used by the club in the Double winning side of 1960–61. [3] When he scored against Arsenal on 19 September 1960, Saul became Tottenham Hotspur’s youngest ever goal scorer at 17 years and 18 days, [4] a title he would retain for more than 60 years until Alfie Devine scored an FA Cup goal on 10 January 2021. [5] Saul is still (as at 2025) Spurs’ youngest scorer in a league game. He scored in the 1967 FA Cup Final against Chelsea and was part of the swap with Southampton for Martin Chivers in 1968, where he was valued at £45,000 as makeweight in a deal worth a then British record £125,000. Saul joined Queens Park Rangers in 1970 and played 43 league games, scoring 4 goals, before moving to Millwall in 1972.

When Saul was sent off against Burnley at Turf Moor on 4 December 1965, he was the first Spurs' player to be sent off in a League match since October 1928. [6]

Later life

After quitting football, Saul worked as a builder in Essex. [7]

Honours

Tottenham Hotspur

References

  1. ↑ "Frank Saul". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024.
  2. ↑ Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack, eds. (1976). Rothmans football yearbook. 1976-77. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 258. ISBN   978-0-362-00259-1.
  3. ↑ The Double squad [ permanent dead link ] Retrieved 28 August 2008
  4. ↑ "Youngest goalscorers". THFCDB. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Alfie Devine becomes Tottenham's youngest EVER player and goal scorer". All football. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  6. ↑ Maxwell, Ian. "Football Trivia". www.soccerhistory.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  7. ↑ Where are they now ? Retrieved 29 August 2008
  8. ↑ "Saul finally collects 1961 medal". Tottenham Hotspur FC. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  9. ↑ Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 491. ISBN   0354 09018 6.
  10. ↑ "1967/68 Charity Shield". footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2020.


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