Autographs of Neil Franklin

Current items with a signature of Neil Franklin

These are the most current items with a signature of Neil Franklin that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Neil Franklin Signed Photo A6 Size	£9.99
	NEIL FRANKLIN STOKE CITY / ENGLAND LEGEND HAND-SIGNED PHOTOCARD	£19.95
	NEIL FRANKLIN STOKE CITY 1939 to 1950 ENGLAND SIGNED FOOTBALL DISPLAY 12x10 SCFC	£50.00

Franklin was born in Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent and emerged from Stoke City's nursery club Stoke Old Boys. At 15 he won schoolboy international honours as a right half and signed professional forms with Stoke in January 1939. The outbreak of World War II soon gave opportunities to Stoke's apprentices and Franklin made his senior debut at the end of 1939–40, before volunteering with the Royal Air Force in February 1941. He converted to centre back due to the absence of Billy Mould and also took his place of captain. Franklin thrived in his new-found position and his positioning and tackling ability was described by the press as 'perfection'. Franklin helped remove the stereotype of centre backs as being just stoppers as he was very comfortable on the ball and earned his first England cap in February 1945. His goalkeeper Dennis Herod was often left frustrated by Franklin's genius. "He was a great player, but so unpredictable. If he was under pressure he would shout to me Dennis, come on and I would come out expecting him to give me the ball. Nine times out of ten he would do a u-turn and trot off up the field. It was like playing in a minefield. He didn't believe he could have a bad game and was the only one who didn't suffer with nerves."

Stoke narrowly missed out on their first league title in 1946–47 losing their must win match against Sheffield United 2–1. Stoke manager Bob McGrory was becoming frustrated with his side's best players, and after selling Stanley Matthews to Blackpool and his gripe soon turned to Franklin. McGrory wanted him to play the ball earlier rather than keep possession and be more physical in his defensive work which led him to handing the captaincy back to Mould. McGrory's campaign against him eventually led Franklin to announcing his intentions to leave Stoke in the summer of 1949. A world record bid of £30,000 from Hull City was mooted but the Stoke directors rejected Franklin's request and he re-signed four games into the 1949–50 season. However, he won a large bet of £250 which gave him the confidence to make an astonishing announcement to the football world. He declined a place in the England squad for the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, saying that his wife was due to give birth in the summer and he was to spend time playing in Colombia for Independiente Santa Fe. Read even more about Neil Franklin at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Neil Franklin

In total, we tracked 49 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of Neil Franklin (ENGLAND - NEIL FRANKLIN SIGNED PEPYS CARD / STOKE) was sold in April 2018 for £20.00 while the cheapest item (Neil franklin original hand signed autograph on mag pic one of the greats cheap) found a new owner for £0.99 in December 2020. The month with the most items sold (4) was September 2013 with an average selling price of £3.72 for an autographed item of Neil Franklin. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2019 with £19.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was December 2020. In average, an autographed item from Neil Franklin is worth £4.99.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Neil Franklin were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	1950's Football Autograph: Neil Franklin - Hull City [Signed on Daily Herald Tra	£3.99
	Neil Franklin (1940s Stoke City & England Footballer) Signed Postcard	£9.50
	NEIL FRANKLIN (Stoke, Hull, England), ORIGINAL SIGNATURE on card!	£1.99
	Neil Franklin - Stoke Hull & England signed card	£6.50
	NEIL FRANKLIN AUTOGRAPH IN INK STOKE CITY AND ENGLAND PLUS OTHER TEAMS	£3.99
	NEIL FRANKLIN COLCHESTER UTD MANAGER 1964-1968 ENGLAND original signed cutting	£6.50
	NEIL FRANKLIN INK AUTOGRAPH STOKE CITY AND ENGLAND PLUS HULL, CREWE & STOCKPORT	£1.99
	NEIL FRANKLIN STOKE CITY 1939-1950 ENGLAND INT RARE ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHED PICTURE	£10.00
	Neil Franklin Stoke City and England Vintage Autograph 1950’s	£2.19
	NEIL FRANKLIN STOKE CITY1947 with facsimile signature	£4.99