Frank Goulden
{{Short description|British speedway rider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Frank Goulden
| image = File:Frank_Goulden_motorcycle_speedway_rider,_John_Player_and_Sons_1937_cigarette_card.png
| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{birth-date|19 August 1909}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=sxgcGlywecOs08RM%2BlRi7Q&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=21 October 2021|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}
| birth_place = Southampton, England
| death_date = 3 June 1976 (aged 66)
| death_place = Southampton, England
| britishleague =
| career1 = Southampton Saints
| years1 = 1930-1932, 1936-1939
| career2 = Clapton Saints
| years2 = 1932
| career3 = Plymouth Devils
| years3 = 1932-1933
| career4 = West Ham Hammers
| years4 = 1934
| career5 = Harringay Tigers
| years5 = 1936-1937
| indivyear1 = 1936
| indivhonour1 = Leading average
| indivyear2 =
| indivhonour2 =
| teamyear1 = 1936
| teamhonour1 = Provincial League Champion
| teamyear2 = 1936
| teamhonour2 = Provincial Trophy Winner
| teamyear3 = 1937
| teamhonour3 = Div 2 National Trophy winners
}}
Frank Donald Goulden (1909–1976) was an international motorcycle speedway rider for the England national speedway team.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/yearbyyear.html|title=Year by Year|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=21 October 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwaymuseumonline.co.uk/playerscigarettecards3.html|title=Speedway Riders 14 Frank Goulden|website=Speedway Museum Online|access-date=21 October 2021}} He earned one international cap for the England national speedway team.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=28 July 2023}}
Speedway career
In 1929 and 1930, Goulden was a leading rider for the Southampton Saints and helped them finish runner-up in the Southern League, during consecutive seasons. When the new National League was created in 1932, he joined the Plymouth Tigers and stayed with them until the end of the 1933 season. In 1934, he joined West Ham Hammers, in exchange for Tiger Hart.{{cite news |title=Speedway Exchange |work=Daily Mirror |date=22 March 1934 |access-date=21 October 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19340322/268/0028| via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
In 1932, he was selected for England for he first time.{{cite news |title=Speedway Test Match Thrills |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=14 July 1937 |access-date=21 October 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19370714/056/0011| via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
He returned to Southampton in 1936 and topped the averages during the 1937 Provincial Speedway League. From 1937 to 1940 he was the Southampton captain. In 1948, he helped coach the Plymouth Devils.{{cite news |title=Boom Season expected as Speedway Tunes Up |work=Western Morning News |date=16 March 1948 |access-date=10 October 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000329/19480316/052/0005| via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
Players cigarette cards
Goulden is listed as number 14 of 50 in the 1930s Player's cigarette card collection.