Joe Frickleton

{{Short description|Scottish footballer and manager (c.1935–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Joe Frickleton |image = |image_size = |caption = |fullname = |birth_date = {{circa}} 1935 |birth_place = Scotland |death_date = 14 December 2020 |death_place = Cape Town, South Africa |height = |position = Wing half |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Clydebank Juniors |years1 = 1959–1964 |clubs1 = East Stirlingshire |caps1 = 107 |goals1 = 15 |years2 = 1964–1974 |clubs2 = Highlands Park |caps2 = |goals2 = |totalcaps = |totalgoals = |manageryears1 = 1974–1976 |managerclubs1 = Highlands Park |manageryears2 = 1977 |managerclubs2 = Lusitano |manageryears3 = 1978–1983 |managerclubs3 = Highlands Park |manageryears4 = 1984–1985 |managerclubs4 = Kaizer Chiefs |manageryears5 = 1995 |managerclubs5 = Orlando Pirates }} '''Joe Frickleton''' (c. 1935 – 14 December 2020<ref>[https://www.news24.com/sport/soccer/psl/psl-mourns-the-loss-of-former-chiefs-pirates-highlands-park-coach-joe-frickleton-20201216 PSL mourns the loss of former Chiefs, Pirates, Highlands Park coach Joe Frickleton]</ref>) was a Scottish professional football player and manager, active primarily in South Africa

==Playing career== Frickleton, who played as a wing half, played youth with Clydebank Juniors, before turning professional with East Stirlingshire, where he made 107 appearances in the Scottish Football League between 1959 and 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/eaststirling/eaststirling.html|title=EAST STIRLINGSHIRE : 1948/49 & 1955/56–2009/10|accessdate=6 October 2010|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database}}</ref>

He then moved to South Africa to play with Highlands Park, where he won three national championships.<ref name = "Reuters">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2007/08/21/south-africa-and-scotland-renew-old-ties/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728233934/http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2007/08/21/south-africa-and-scotland-renew-old-ties/|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 July 2014|title=South Africa and Scotland renew old ties|accessdate=6 October 2010|date=21 August 2007|work=Reuters}}</ref>

==Coaching career== After his playing days were over, Frickleton remained in South Africa, and trained as a football manager. His first job was at former club Highlands Park in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highlandsparkfc.co.za/history.html |title=History |accessdate=6 October 2010 |publisher=Highlands Park FC official website |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619094008/http://www.highlandsparkfc.co.za/history.html |archivedate=19 June 2009 }}</ref> After a season spent with Lusitano, Frickleton returned to Highlands Park until it was sold in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highlandsparkfc.co.za/joe.html|title=Joe Frickleton profile|accessdate=6 October 2010|publisher=Highlands Park FC official website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310081506/http://www.highlandsparkfc.co.za/joe.html|archive-date=10 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> He later won four trophies with Kaizer Chiefs in 1984, before winning the Champions Cup with Orlando Pirates in 1995.<ref name = "Reuters"/>

==Later life and death== He was hospitalised in May 2020 in Cape Town due to ill health.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kickoff.com/news/articles/south-africa-news/categories/news/premiership/joe-frickleton-hospitalised-with-dementia-in-cape-town/678883|title=Joe Frickleton hospitalised with dementia in Cape Town|date=27 May 2020|website=Kick Off}}</ref> His death was reported on 15 December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/local/categories/kaizer-chiefs/it-s-been-confirmed-to-the-siya-crew-that-joe-frickleton-has-passed-away/691182|title=It's Been Confirmed to the Siya Crew That Joe Frickleton Has Passed Away|date=15 December 2020|website=Soccer Laduma}}</ref>

== Honours == === Manager === ;Highlands Park *NPSL Championship: 1980 *NFL Championship: 1975<ref name = "epitaph">{{cite news | title=Soccer legend Joe Frickleton: 'Epitaph for a Soldier' | url=https://www.news24.com/amp/sport/soccer/psl/soccer-legend-joe-frickleton-epitaph-for-a-soldier-20201218 | publisher=Sport 24 | date=18 December 2020 | access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref> *NFL Cup: 1975

;Lusitano *NFL Cup: 1977<ref name = "epitaph"/>

;Kaiser Chiefs *NPSL Championship: 1984<ref name = "epitaph"/> *MTN 8 Cup: 1985<ref name = "epitaph"/> *Telkom Knockout Cup: 1984<ref name = "epitaph"/> *Nedbank Cup: 1984<ref name = "epitaph"/>

;Orlando Pirates *CAF Champions League: 1995<ref name = "epitaph"/>

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