Frank Mobley (21 November 1868 – 9 February 1956) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward. He played in the Football League for Small Heath and Bury.

For Small Heath, Mobley scored 64 goals in 103 appearances in all competitions, and was leading scorer in three successive seasons, from 1893–94when he was also overall top scorer in the Second Divisionto 1895–96. In a 1950 interview, he told the Sports Argus that he "could have got a few more if [he'd] been as selfish as some of the present-day forwards who seem to want to do all the scoring."

Frank Mobley

The 1939 Register lists Mobley as living in retirement with his son, also named Frank, and his family in the Five Ways district of Birmingham. Mobley died in Birmingham in 1956 at the age of 87.

Frank Mobley

Honours

Small Heath

Second Division champions: 1892–93

Second Division runners-up and promotion: 1893–94

Second Division top scorer: 1893–94

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1868 births

1956 deaths

Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands

English men's footballers

Men's association football forwards

Coventry City F.C. players

Birmingham City F.C. players

Bury F.C. players

Gravesend United F.C. players

Football Alliance players

English Football League players

Southern Football League players

Frank Mobley