Joe Frickleton (c. 1935 – 14 December 2020) was a Scottish professional

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player and manager, active primarily in South Africa

Playing career

Frickleton, who played as a

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, played youth with Clydebank Juniors, before turning professional with

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, where he made 107 appearances in the

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between 1959 and 1964. He then moved to South Africa to play with

Highlands Park Highlands Park Football Club was a South African professional soccer club who played in Modderfontein, Johannesburg. They were founded in 2003 as a phoenix club to the earlier Highlands Park F.C. (1959) and Highlands Park F.C. (1990) The cl ...

, where he won three national championships.

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

in 1974. After a season spent with

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, Frickleton returned to Highlands Park until it was sold in 1983. He later won four trophies with

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in 1984, before winning the Champions Cup with

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in 1995.

Later life and death

He was hospitalised in May 2020 in

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due to ill health. His death was reported on 15 December 2020.

Honours

Manager

;Highlands Park * NPSL Championship: 1980 * NFL Championship: 1975 * NFL Cup: 1975 ;Lusitano * NFL Cup: 1977 ;Kaiser Chiefs * NPSL Championship: 1984 *

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Cup: 1985 *

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Cup: 1984 *

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: 1984 ;Orlando Pirates *

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References

Year of birth missing 2020 deaths Scottish footballers Scottish football managers Clydebank Juniors F.C. players East Stirlingshire F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish expatriate football managers Kaizer Chiefs F.C. managers Orlando Pirates F.C. managers Highlands Park F.C. players Scottish expatriate footballers Expatriate soccer players in South Africa Expatriate soccer managers in South Africa Scottish expatriates in South Africa Association football wing halves Highlands Park F.C. managers Lusitano F.C. (South Africa) managers {{Scotland-footy-midfielder-stub