About Frank Allcock
Lived 1925 – 2005 (aged 79–80). Frank Allcock was a British association football player.
Francis Edward Allcock (7 September 1925 – June 2005) was a professional footballer, who played in The Football League for Bristol Rovers between 1952 and 1956.
Allcock, who was born in Nottingham, played youth team football for Beeston Boys Club, before joining local League side Nottingham Forest at the end of World War II. He spent a year with Forest prior to the resumption of normal Football League matches, and joined Aston Villa in 1946, where he failed to make an impression on the first team. He had a spell playing non-League football with Cheltenham Town, until returning to the professional game in 1952, when he joined Bristol Rovers.
In a four-year spell with The Pirates he played in 59 League games, before being forced to retire in 1956 with a serious knee injury.
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Who was Frank Allcock?
football player (1925-2005)
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Frank Allcock was born on 7 September 1925 in Nottingham.
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Frank Allcock died in 2005 in Nottingham.
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Frank Allcock was an association football player.
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Frank Allcock was British.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Frank Allcock. https://biography.guide/frank-allcock/
MLA: "Frank Allcock." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/frank-allcock/.
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