- Frank Heaven
W. Frank Heaven (
1873 -26 December ,1905 ) was acricket er and football administrator.Heaven was born in
Edgbaston ,Birmingham and was educated at Camp Hill Grammar School. He was a keen cricketer and played for a number of clubs, including Warwickshire Club and Ground and Smethwick CC. On 25 August 1896 he was appointed as secretary (manager) of West Bromwich Albion, his annual salary starting at £104. He became Albion's general financial secretary in June 1897, and helped to oversee the club's move to their new ground,The Hawthorns , in the summer of 1900. In May 1902 he was asked to resign his post following a disagreement over policy with Albion's directors. After a two year hiatus from football he served as secretary of Third Lanark in 1904-05. He died inWorcester in 1905.References
*cite book | last = Matthews | first = Tony | title = The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion | publisher = Breedon Books | date = 2005 | pages = pp.257-258 | isbn = 1-85983-474-4
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Persondata
NAME=Heaven, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Heaven, W. Frank
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Football secretary-manager
DATE OF BIRTH=1873
PLACE OF BIRTH=Edgbaston ,Birmingham ,England
DATE OF DEATH=26 December ,1905
PLACE OF DEATH=Worcester ,England
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