Footballers' War
A special series of features looking at footballers from the Midlands who were called up to the Army to fight overseas in 1914 and 1915.
The first man to sign up to the Footballers’ Battalion.
One of the men injured was England international Major Frank Buckley.
He was first man to sign up to the Footballers’ Battalion.
He survived the war and went on to manage WolverhamptonWanderers for 17 years between 1927 and 1944.
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