Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frederick John Monk [1] | ||
Date of birth | 9 October 1920 | ||
Place of birth | Brighton, England | ||
Date of death | October 1987 (aged 66–67) [1] | ||
Place of death | Aldershot, England [1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward, right back | ||
Youth career | |||
Guildford City | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1946–1948 | Guildford City | (46) | |
1948–1954 | Brentford | 206 | (47) |
1954–1956 | Aldershot | 49 | (0) |
International career | |||
England Schoolboys | |||
Managerial career | |||
1953 | Brentford (caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Frederick John Monk (9 October 1920 – October 1987) was an English professional footballer and coach who played in Football League for Brentford and Aldershot. He is best remembered for his time with Brentford, for whom he made over 200 appearances and served as caretaker manager. He was posthumously inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in May 2015.
After leaving school, Monk joined the reserve team at Southern League club Guildford City prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. [2] After the war, Monk broke into the first team and scored 29 goals in the 1946–47 season. [3] He scored another 17 goals during the 1947–48 season, before departing in March 1948. [2]
Monk transferred to Second Division club Brentford in March 1948 and made his debut in a 2–0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at Griffin Park on 20 March. [2] [4] He was Brentford's top-scorer during the 1948–49 season, [2] with 13 goals. [4] A centre forward by trade, Monk moved to right back during the 1949–50 season, but returned to his forward role in January 1951 and set a club record by scoring in 10 consecutive games between January and March 1951. [2] Towards the end of the 1951–52 season, he again reverted to his right back role. [2]
Monk served as player-caretaker manager between the departure of Tommy Lawton and the appointment of Bill Dodgin Sr. early in the 1953–54 season. [5] He left Brentford at the end of the season, after the club's relegation to the Third Division South was confirmed. [2] He made 219 appearances and scored 49 goals for Brentford and he was posthumously inducted into the club's Hall of Fame in May 2015. [2] [6]
Monk transferred to Third Division South club Aldershot during the 1954 off-season and made 49 league appearances before retiring in 1956. [1]
Monk was an England Schoolboy international. [2]
After his retirement from football, Monk returned to Brentford and worked as the first team's trainer between 1957 and 1962. [7]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Guildford City | 1946–47 [3] | Southern League | 32 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 29 |
Brentford | 1947–48 [4] | Second Division | 4 | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | |
1948–49 [4] | Second Division | 37 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 13 | |
1949–50 [4] | Second Division | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
1950–51 [4] | Second Division | 37 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 13 | |
1951–52 [4] | Second Division | 40 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 12 | |
1952–53 [4] | Second Division | 40 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 7 | |
1953–54 [4] | Second Division | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
Total | 206 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 219 | 49 | ||
Career total | 238 | 76 | 13 | 2 | 251 | 78 |
Team | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Brentford | September 1953 | October 1953 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | [4] |
Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | — |
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