Frankie Banks

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Frankie Banks
Personal information
Full name Francis Stanley Banks [1]
Date of birth (1945-08-21) 21 August 1945 (age 79)
Place of birth Hull, England
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
Southend United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1962–1966 Southend United 4 (0)
1966–1976 Hull City 288 (6)
1976–1979 Southend United 75 (0)
Great Wakering Rovers
Purfleet
Total367(6)
Managerial career
1990–1991 Purfleet
Southend Manor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francis Stanley Banks (born 21 August 1945) is an English former footballer who played as a right-back.

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Club career

In 1962, Banks graduated from Southend United's academy to the first team, making four Football League appearances for the club before moving to hometown club Hull City in September 1966. At Hull, Bank made 288 league appearances, scoring six times, over the course of ten years before moving back to Southend in March 1976. In his second spell at Southend, Banks made 75 league appearances, helping the club to win the Fourth Division in the 1980–81 season. [1]

Banks later played for south Essex-based clubs Great Wakering Rovers and Purfleet before retiring from playing. [2]

Coaching career

Following his playing career, Banks returned to Southend United, taking up roles as a coach, reserve and youth team manager. [2] In 1990, Banks was offered the role of interim manager at Purfleet, after manager Harry Cripps suffered a stroke. Ahead of the 1990–91 season, Banks was offered the Purfleet job on a permanent basis. [3] On 22 July 1991, Banks was appointed manager of Essex Senior League club Southend Manor. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Frankie Banks". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Football is still a way of life for Frankie". Yellow Advertiser. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Frank banks on Purfleet power!", Hull Daily Mail, 26 September 1990, p. 14
  4. ↑ "Season Records" (.xls). Southend Manor F.C. Retrieved 7 March 2022.


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