Frederick Wall

Frederick Wall

Sir Frederick Joseph Wall was an English football player and administrator. Wall played for the Royal Engineers, and after retiring became Secretary of the Football Association, a position he held from 1895 to 1934. He was knighted in 1930, and famously called Jimmy Hogan a traitor after the latter spent the duration of World War One in Europe. [cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2003/nov/22/sport.comment2|title=How total football inventor was lost to Hungary|accessdate=2008-05-05|date=2003-11-22|publisher=The Guardian] After retiring as FA Secretary, he was a director of Arsenal from 1934 to 1938. [cite web | url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andy.kelly/nonplay/nonplay.htm | title=Arsenal non-players | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20021214232629/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andy.kelly/nonplay/nonplay.htm | archivedate=2002-12-14 ]

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