Frank Morrad

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Frank Morrad

| fullname = Frank Morrad{{Hugman|13986|accessdate=26 November 2016}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date |1920|2|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Brentford, England

| death_date = {{death date and age |1981|7|13|1920|2|28|df=y}}

| death_place = Mijas, Spain

| height = 5ft 9in

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = 1936–

| youthclubs1 = Brentford

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Southall

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| years2 = {{0|0000}}–1946

| clubs2 = Notts County

| caps2 = 1

| goals2 = 0

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| clubs3 = → Arsenal (guest)

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| clubs4 = → Clapton Orient (guest)

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| clubs5 = → Crystal Palace (guest)

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| years6 = 1946–1947

| clubs6 = Leyton Orient

| caps6 = 25

| goals6 = 11

| years7 = 1947–1948

| clubs7 = Fulham

| caps7 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 1948–1951

| clubs8 = Brighton & Hove Albion

| caps8 = 43

| goals8 = 3

| years9 = 1951–1953

| clubs9 = Brentford

| caps9 = 6

| goals9 = 2

| years10 = 1953–1954

| clubs10 = Bedford Town

| caps10 = 59

| goals10 = 1

}}

Frank Morrad (28 February 1920 – 13 July 1981) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as a forward, most notably for Leyton Orient and Brighton & Hove Albion.

Playing career

Morrad began his career as a junior with Brentford in 1936.{{Cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Neilson |title=VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020 |url=https://www.leytonorient.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VE-DAY-WW2-players-as-at-May-2020.pdf |access-date=18 July 2020 |pages=80–81}} He later moved to Athenian League club Southall and began his professional career with Third Division South club Notts County prior to the outbreak of the Second World War.{{Cite book |last1=Haynes |first1=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914 |pages=110–111}} During the war, Morrad guested for Arsenal, Clapton Orient and Crystal Palace, before finally making his professional debut for Notts County in 1946.{{Cite web |title=Notts County FC in the 1940s |url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carousel/ncfc/ncfc1940s.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403122056/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carousel/ncfc/ncfc1940s.html |archive-date=3 April 2016 |access-date=6 August 2014 |website=Up the Maggies}} He moved to fellow Third Division South club Leyton Orient, for whom he had guested during the war, in November 1946. Morrad found his form at Brisbane Road and scored 11 goals in 25 games during the second half of the 1946–47 season. Morrad departed the Os in August 1947 for Second Division club Fulham, but he failed to make an appearance for the club.

Morrad dropped to the Third Division South to join Brighton & Hove Albion in February 1948 and remained with the club until August 1951, when he rejoined hometown club Brentford.{{NeilBrownPlayers|player2/frankmorrad}} He made just six appearances for the Bees and joined Southern League club Bedford Town in 1953,{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |pages=381–382}} for whom he made 59 appearances before retiring in 1954.{{Cite web |title=Best Years Players J-R |url=https://sites.google.com/site/bedfordoldeagles/best-years-introduction-page/introduction/best-years-players-j-r |access-date=6 August 2014 |website=bedfordoldeagles}}

Personal life

After his retirement from football, Morrad ran a chain of betting shops in West London.{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia |date=1998 |publisher=Yore Publications |isbn=1-874427-57-7 |page=37}} In the 1960s, he employed former Brentford player Ken Coote as manager of one of the branches.

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" \|Club ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! colspan="3" \|League ! colspan="2" \|FA Cup ! colspan="2" \|Total
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Notts County \|1946–47 \|Third Division South \|1 \|0 \| colspan="2" \|― \|1 \|0
rowspan="3" \|Brentford \|1951–52 \| rowspan="2" \|Second Division \|1 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|1
1952–53 \|5 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|5 \|1
colspan="2" \|Total !6 !2 !0 !0 !6 !2
colspan="3" \|Career total !7 !2 !0 !0 !7 !2

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