Frank SWIFT | 1935-1939 | PES Stats Database (Golden Era Backup)

SWIFT PES STATS | 1935-1939

electric_trigger Frank SWIFT | 1935-1939 Club: Manchester City Number: 1 Positions: GK* Nationality: English Era/Age: 1935-1939, aged 22-26 Foot: L Side: B Height: 188? Weight: 98? Attack: 35 Defence: 90 Balance: 90 Stamina: 68 Top Speed: 68 Acceleration: 72 Response: 92 Agility: 85 Dribble Accuracy: 50 Dribble Speed: 52 Short Pass Accuracy: 54 Short Pass Speed: 56 Long Pass Accuracy: 54 Long Pass Speed: 63 Shot Accuracy: 44 Shot Power: 88 Shot Technique: 43 Free Kick Accuracy: 44 Curling: 45 Header: 43 Jump: 86 Technique: 50 Aggression: 55 Mentality: 80 Keeper Skills: 92 Team Work: 80 Injury Tolerance: A Condition/Fitness: 7 Weak Foot Accuracy: 4 Weak Foot frequency: 4 1 on 1 stopper* Frank Victor Swift (26 December 1913 – 6 February 1958) was a football goalkeeper who played for Manchester City and England. After starting his career with local clubs near his home town of Blackpool, in 1932 he was signed by First Division Manchester City, with whom he played his entire professional career. Swift broke into the Manchester City first team in 1933, taking part in the club's run to the 1934 FA Cup Final, where the club triumphed 2–1 against Portsmouth. Three years later Swift won a League Championship medal, after playing in every match of Manchester City's championship-winning season. War denied Swift several years of playing in his prime, though during wartime he was chosen to represent his country in international matches. After the war he made his competitive international debut, playing 19 internationals between 1946 and 1949. Raich Carter once said of Frank Swift that he looked so big in goal that as a forward it often seemed that trying to score against him was like trying to put the ball into a matchbox. Swift's hands, which had a finger span of 11+ ⁄ in (29.8 cm), were sufficiently large for him to easily pick up the ball with one hand, and gave rise to the nickname ''Frying Pan Hands''.Swift kicked with his left foot as the result of an injury to his right foot sustained during his youth. However, where possible he preferred throwing the ball to the wing over kicking it downfield. When asked for advice to give to young goalkeepers, Swift replied that he drew diagrams of each goal scored against him to see if he was at fault Swift retired in 1949, taking up a career in journalism as a football correspondent for the News of the World. He died, aged 44, in the Munich air disaster after reporting on Manchester United's European Cup match against Red Star Belgrade. One of the greatest English goalkeepers of all time up there with Banks, Shilton and Seaman, but was he Manchester City's greatest? Frank SWIFT | 1935-1939 | PES Stats Database (Golden Era Backup)