{{short description|English footballer (1885-1945)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Frank Everist |image = |fullname = Frank James Everist |birth_date = April qtr. 1885 |birth_place = Orpington, England |death_date = {{death date and age|1945|8|30|1885|6|30|df=y}} |death_place = Farnborough, Kent, England |height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}} |position = Outside-forward |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = |clubs1 = Grasmere United |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = |clubs2 = Cray Wanderers |caps2 = |goals2 = |years3 = |clubs3 = Orpington |caps3 = |goals3 = |years4 = 1906–1907 |clubs4 = Southampton |caps4 = 8 |goals4 = 2 |years5 = 1907–1908 |clubs5 = Croydon Common |caps5 = 8 |goals5 = 2 |years6 = 1908–1909 |clubs6 = Dartford |caps6 = |goals6 = |years7 = 1913–1914 |clubs7 = Cray Wanderers |caps7 = |goals7 = |years8 = 1919–19?? |clubs8 = Orpington |caps8 = |goals8 = }} '''Frank James Everist''' (1885 – 30 August 1945)<ref name="Profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.croydoncommon.com/EVERIST_Frank_James.pdf |title=Everist, Frank James |website=Croydon Common player profiles |access-date=30 November 2012}}</ref> was an English professional footballer who played as an outside-forward for Southampton and Croydon Common in the 1900s. Although he distinguished himself as an amateur sprinter, he achieved little success at football.
==Football career== Everist was born in Orpington, Kent and played his early football for various clubs in the county, including Cray Wanderers and Orpington.<ref name="Profile" /> He was also an amateur runner who won in excess of 40 prizes on the athletics track.<ref name =ABC>{{cite book | title=The Alphabet of the Saints|last= Holley |first= Duncan |author2=Chalk, Gary| publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing |year=1992| isbn=0-9514862-3-3|page=119}}</ref>
He was recommended to Southampton of the Southern League by a Kent-based supporter and signed for the club in May 1906.<ref name =ABC/> As a former sprinter, he was able to use his speed to great effect in the reserves,<ref name =ABC/> earning him a call-up to the first team on 29 September 1909, replacing Wally Radford at outside-right for one match, a 2–1 defeat at Brentford. For the next match, manager Ernest Arnfield tried Joe Blake on the left before Frank Jefferis became the established left-winger.<ref name = Chalk40>{{cite book | title=Saints – A complete record|last= Chalk|first= Gary|author2=Holley, Duncan | publisher= Breedon Books| year=1987|isbn= 0-907969-22-4|pages= 40–41}}</ref>
Everist returned to the side in December, playing two matches at outside-left, scoring his first goal in a 1–1 draw at Norwich City, but was never able to establish himself in the first-team. He had five further appearances, in various forward positions, later in the season at the end of which the "Saints" finished 11th in the table, their worst position since the inauguration of the league.<ref name = Chalk40/>
During his time at The Dell, Everist was also employed as the club's maintenance man.<ref name =ABC/>
In the summer of 1907, he moved back to South London to join Croydon Common who had just turned professional. At Croydon, he joined former Southampton players Samuel Meston, Alex McDonald, Bert Hodgkinson and Harry Hadley.<ref name =ABC/> He made his debut for Croydon Common in their first match in the Southern League Second Division and also played in their first FA Cup match,<ref name="Profile" /> a 1–1 draw against Woolwich Arsenal.<ref>{{cite book | title= The Complete Record of the FA Cup|last= Collett|first= Mike |year= 2003|publisher= Sports Books|isbn=1-899807-19-5|page=254}}</ref> Everist spent one season at The Nest, during which he made a total of 29 appearances, scoring eight goals.<ref name="Profile" />
In October 1908, he moved to Dartford, where he acquired the nickname "German".<ref name="Profile" /> He later spent time playing for his two former clubs, Cray Wanderers and Orpington.<ref name="Profile" />
Everist died at the County Hospital in Farnborough, Kent on 30 August 1945, aged 60.<ref name="Profile" />
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==External links== *[http://www.11v11.com/players/frank-everist-44856/ Career details]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Everist, Frank}} Category:1885 births Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Bromley Category:People from Orpington Category:1945 deaths Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Southampton F.C. players Category:Croydon Common F.C. players Category:Southern Football League players Category:Cray Wanderers F.C. players Category:Dartford F.C. players Category:Orpington F.C. players