Frank Bokas

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

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| name = Frank Bokas

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| height = 5 ft 8+1/2 in{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-football-guide-1936-x-di/134435795/ |title=Barnsley. Three centres to take 'Pongo' Waring's place |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=x |via=Newspapers.com}}

| birth_date = 13 May 1914

| birth_place = Bellshill, Scotland

| death_date = November 1996 (aged 82)

| death_place = Barnsley, England

| position = Right half, left half

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| youthclubs1 = Kirkintilloch Rob Roy

| years1 = 1935

| clubs1 = Blackpool

| caps1 = 6

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1936–1939

| clubs2 = Barnsley

| caps2 = 89

| goals2 = 4

| years3 = 1945

| clubs3 = Carlisle United

| caps3 = 0

| goals3 = 0

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| clubs4 = Gainsborough Trinity

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| clubs5 = Grantham

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Frank Bokas (13 May 1914 – November 1996) was a Scottish footballer. He played for Blackpool and Barnsley, spending the majority of his career with the latter.

Career

Bellshill-born Bokas began his career with local non-league club Kirkintilloch Rob Roy. In 1935, he moved south of the border to join English club Blackpool. He made six Football League appearances for the Tangerines before joining Barnsley in 1936. He spent three years with the Tykes, making 89 League appearances and scoring four goals. At the end of World War II, he joined Carlisle United, but did not make any appearances for the club. He finished his career with Gainsborough Trinity and Grantham.

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