Frank Jackett
{{Short description|Welsh footballer (1927–2010)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Frank Jackett
| image =
| caption =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|7|5|df=y}}{{cite book| last = Hugman | first = Barry J. | title = The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005 | publisher=Queen Anne Press | isbn = 1-85291-665-6}}
| birth_place = Ystalyfera, Wales
| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|4|14|1927|7|5|df=y}}
| death_place = England
| height =
| position = Wing half
| years1 = 19xx–1949
| clubs1 = Pontardawe Athletic
| caps1 = ?
| goals1 = ?
| years2 = 1949–1953
| clubs2 = Watford
| caps2 = 14
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1953–1954
| clubs3 = Leyton Orient
| caps3 = 4
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1954–19xx
| clubs4 = Ramsgate
| caps4 = ?
| goals4 = ?
| totalcaps = 18
| totalgoals = 0
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Frank Jackett (5 July 1927 – 14 April 2010) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a wing half.
Career
Jackett moved from Pontardawe Athletic to Watford, making 14 appearances in the English Football League for them between 1949 and 1953.{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/watford/watford.html|title=WATFORD : 1946/47 – 2009/10|accessdate=29 January 2011|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database}} He then spent a season at Leyton Orient, making a further 4 league appearances,{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/leyton/leyton.html|title=LEYTON ORIENT : 1946/47 – 2009/10|accessdate=29 January 2011|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database}} before moving into non-league football with Ramsgate.
Personal life
Jackett died on 14 April 2010, at the age of 82.{{cite web|url=http://www.yourannouncement.co.uk/3867560|title=JACKETT, Frank : Obituary|accessdate=29 January 2011|publisher=YourAnnouncement.co.uk|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130505123256/http://www.yourannouncement.co.uk/3867560|archivedate=5 May 2013}} He was the father of Kenny Jackett, also a professional footballer.
References
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Category:Welsh men's footballers
Category:Pontardawe Town F.C. players
Category:Leyton Orient F.C. players
Category:Ramsgate F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Men's association football wing halves
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