Francis Joseph Biggins
{{short description|English footballer}}
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| name = Frank Biggins
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| fullname = Francis Joseph Biggins
| birth_date = 24 June 18841939 England and Wales RegisterFrancis Joseph Biggins, birth registered in Lichfield, Staffordshire. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
| birth_place = Brownhills, Staffordshire, EnglandFrancis Joseph Biggins in Barnsley. Occupation: Footballer professional. 1911 England Census
| death_date = 1962 (age 77)England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
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| position = Forward
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| years1 = ?–1908
| clubs1 = South Kirkby
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| years2 = 1908–1911
| clubs2 = Barnsley
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| years3 = 1911–?
| clubs3 = Castleford Town
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Frank Biggins (24 June 1884 – 1962) was an English footballer who played as an outside right for South Kirkby, Barnsley and Castleford Town.
Early life
Biggins was born and raised in Brownhills, Staffordshire, the eldest of nine children born to John Biggins, a coal miner, and Elizabeth Biggins (née Wilton). By 1901, the teenaged Biggins was also working as a coal miner in Brownhills before moving to Yorkshire,1901 England Census where he boarded with Yorkshire footballer Harry Ness.
Playing career
Biggins began his football career with South Kirkby{{cite web|title=South Kirkby Colliery (Almost) Complete History|url=http://www.southkirkbycolliery.co.uk/player-a-z|publisher=Matthew Thomas|accessdate=31 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715040026/http://www.southkirkbycolliery.co.uk/player-a-z|archive-date=15 July 2018|url-status=dead}} before being signed by Barnsley in May 1908.{{cite news|title=Barnsley Football|publisher=Barnsley Chronicle|date=9 May 1908|page=8}} In August 1911, he left Oakwell for Castleford Town.{{cite news|title=Biggins For Castleford|publisher=Sheffield Daily Telegraph|date=31 August 1911|page=11}}
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Category:People from Brownhills
Category:Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall
Category:Date of death missing
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:South Kirkby Colliery F.C. players
Category:Barnsley F.C. players
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