Hi Is this the Frank Swift you are looking for. Jacqui (1913-1958) Frank Victor Swift was one of England's finest and most popular goalkeepers and his name should appear near the top of any list of great players. He worked as a coke-keeper at Blackpool gasworks as a young man before playing football for Fleetwood Town as an amateur, and then professionally for Manchester City Football Club in October 1932. He was a large man, over 6ft tall, weighing in excess of 13 stone and reputedly with extremely large hands - ideal qualifications for a goalkeeper. He was also an amiable, entertaining and larger-than-life character who stood out from the crowd. Swift was part of the team that helped Manchester City to win the FA Cup in 1934 and the League Championship in 1937. He was captain of the England side twice, the first goalkeeper to receive this honour. His brother Fred also played in goal for Oldham and during the summer months they ran a pleasure boat together at Blackpool. Between 1932 and 1949 Swift made 338 League appearances for City and won 19 caps for England in a distinguished career. He went on to become a respected journalist after 1949 and was killed in the Munich air crash after travelling to Belgrade with the Manchester United team as a journalist for the "News of the World". Many believe he was the greatest British goalkeeper of all time.

Hi Now I know why the name was familiar. There was a programme on T.V. not long ago re the Manchester United air crash. The chap at Blackpool, re football history, I remember his first name is Gerry. Email the Library and ask for Tony. Good luck Olive

Hi, Just want to let people know I am currently transcribing my church's records. I've already done the marriages and am now doing the baptisms. All entries start from 1907 and the church is situated on Palatine Road, on the outskirts of the town centre. If anyone would like a look-up please let me know. Regards Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: "olive" <olive.cookson@btinternet.com> To: <ENG-LAN-FYLDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 11:15 PM Subject: [FYLDE] FRANK SWIFT > Hi > Now I know why the name was familiar. > There was a programme on T.V. not long ago re the Manchester United air > crash. > The chap at Blackpool, re football history, I remember his first name is > Gerry. > Email the Library and ask for Tony. > Good luck > Olive > > > > ==== ENG-LAN-FYLDE Mailing List ==== > EXTREMELY USEFUL SITES: ~~ Lancashire pages: > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/ > ~~ Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society: http://www.lfhhs.org.uk/ > ~~ Manchester & Lancashire FHS: www.mlfhs.org.uk > ~~ Lancashire Parish Register Society: > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/lprs/ > ~~ Liverpool & SW Lancs FHS: www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >