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Frank Macey (1894 – 3 December 1973) was an English amateur footballer who played as a forward. He spent 15 years in the Army, and was a prisoner of war for almost the entirety of the First World War. While still a serving soldier, in 1923, he joined Kingstonian F.C. He signed amateur forms with Football League club Plymouth Argyle, but played only one competitive match for them before returning to Kingstonian, for whom he played until retiring from the game in 1936. During that time, he captained the club to victory in the 1933 Amateur Cup, was capped four times for the England amateur XI, and scored twice in each match as the Amateurs beat the Professionals 6–1 in the 1925 FA Charity Shield〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1925/26 F.A. Charity Shield )〕 and 6–3 in the 1926 match.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1926/27 F.A. Charity Shield )〕 ==Personal life== Macey was born in 1894, and joined the Royal Fusiliers when he was 15.〔("Frank Macey" ). Greens on Screen. Retrieved 19 November 2013.〕 He was captured early in the First World War, and spent most of the conflict as a prisoner of war. On his release, he acted as an interpreter for German prisoners of war in England, and after further tours of duty abroad, he returned to the Middlesex area.〔 After leaving the Army, he worked for the electricity company in Kingston, Surrey, as a meter inspector.〔 Macey died in Westminster Hospital on 3 December 1973, at the age of 79. He was buried in Kingston Cemetery.〔(''Kingston Cemetery Burial Register'' ) (JPG). Kingston Council. p. 354.〕 ==Football career== While a serving soldier, he played for the Army XI in inter-service competition, as well as in friendly matches against club sides and against other countries' military teams. In 1923, he was selected for an Army XI that took on Aston Villa; although his team lost heavily, the ''Manchester Guardian'' wrote that "Macey was the 'star' of the Army team. He has a real gift for the game, trapping the ball like a master, feeding his wings well, and generally revealing unmistakable 'class' in all he does." They did, however, question whether his lack of height might make him better suited to wing- rather than centre-forward play.〔"Aston Villa's easy win at Aldershot". ''Manchester Guardian'': p. 3. 18 October 1923.〕 A few months later, he scored twice and set up a third as the Army XI beat the French Army in Paris by three goals to one, as part of an international triangular tournament.〔"British soldiers beat Frenchmen". ''Manchester Guardian'': p. 3. 18 February 1924.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank Macey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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