{{Use American English|date=October 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}{{Infobox NFL biography | name = Frank E. Wall | image =Frank E. Wall.png | caption =Wall, {{Circa|1968}} | death_date = April 16, 1997 (aged 78) | death_place = Sandy Springs, Georgia, U.S. | pastadmin = * Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|1966}})<br />Vice president and treasurer * Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|1967}}–{{NFL Year|1969}})<br />General manager * Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|1970}}–{{NFL Year|1976}})<br />President }} '''Frank E. Wall''' (died April 16, 1997) was an American accountant and sports executive who served as president and general manager of the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL).
Wall was a partner of the accounting firm of Garrett and Wall and served as a financial assistant to Atlanta Falcons owner Rankin M. Smith Sr.<ref name="Obituary" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Winklejohn |first1=Matt |title=Tales from the Atlanta Falcons Sidelines |date=2005 |publisher=Sports Publishing, LLC |page=54 |isbn=9781582619804 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FnlQAA1V9EIC |access-date=12 May 2023}}</ref> On July 1, 1966, Wall was named the team's treasurer. On January 31, 1967, he became the team's general manager.<ref>{{cite news |title=NFL Falcons Add Wall To GM Post |work=Chicago Daily Defender |date=February 1, 1967}}</ref> On January 11, 1970, he was promoted to team president and head coach Norm Van Brocklin took on the additional duties of general manager.<ref>{{cite news |title=Atlanta Falcons Promote Van Brocklin And Wall |work=Atlanta Daily World |date=January 11, 1970}}</ref> In 1977 he was replaced as president by Rankin M. Smith Jr. but remained with the team as a director until his death from a self-inflicted gunshot on April 16, 1997.<ref>{{cite news |title=Transactions |work=The Boston Globe |date=March 5, 1977}}</ref><ref name="Obituary">{{cite news |last1=Pasquarelli |first1=Len |title=Former Falcons chief Frank Wall, 78, dies |work=The Atlanta Journal |date=April 17, 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Former Atlanta Falcons president dies at 78 |url=https://apnews.com/article/e1afd1166f448354389a078bfb27a572 |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Associated Press |date=April 17, 1997}}</ref>
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