Frederick Glover Craig was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

He began his career with his hometown club, Larkhall Thistle

Larkhall Thistle F.C.

Larkhall Thistle F.C. are a football club from Larkhall, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Formed in 1878 the Jags are Scotland's oldest Junior Football Club and currently compete in the SJFA Central Division One. They play in red and white stripes and their home ground since 1881 is Gasworks Park...

. before joining Plymouth Argyle

Plymouth Argyle F.C.

Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the...

 in 1912. He made four appearances in his first season with the club as they became Southern League

Southern Football League

The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

 champions, and succeeded Titch Horne

Titch Horne

William 'Titch' Horne was an English professional footballer. He is most notable for a ten year spell he spent with Plymouth Argyle in the early twentieth century....

 as Argyle's first choice goalkeeper before the First World War

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

. He played for Motherwell

Motherwell F.C.

Motherwell Football & Athletic Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The club compete in the Scottish Premier League and are one of only seven teams to have remained in this league since it was founded in 1998...

 and Hamilton Academical

Hamilton Academical F.C.

Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Academical, or Accies, are a Scottish football club from Hamilton in South Lanarkshire. They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilton Academy. They remain the only professional club in British football to have...

 as a guest during the war, and regained his place in the team after the conflict. He became the club's first Football League goalkeeper when the club joined in 1920 and would remain as their first choice goalkeeper for the next ten years. He ended his career at Home Park

Home Park

Home Park is an all-seater football stadium in the Central Park area of Plymouth, England, and is the home of Football League Two club Plymouth Argyle. The ground, given the nickname the Theatre of Greens by the club's supporters, has been Argyle's permanent residence since 1901...

 on a high as the club won the Third Division South

Football League Third Division South

The Football League Third Division South was a level of English professional football which ran in parallel to Third Division North from 1921 to 1958....

 and promotion to the Second Division

Football League Second Division

From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...

 for the first time in 1930. During his 18 year attachment with the club, Craig made 467 appearances in all competitions, scoring five goals. Towards the end of his Argyle career, he occasionally filled in as the team's penalty

Penalty kick

A penalty kick is a type of direct free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal.Penalty kicks are performed during normal play...

 taker. Craig moved north in 1930 to play for Barrow

Barrow A.F.C.

Barrow A.F.C. are an English football club founded in 1901 based in the town of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria. Following promotion at the end of the 2007–08 season, they currently play in the Conference National. The club spent over fifty years in the Football League between 1921 and 1972, and have...

 in the Third Division North, where he would finish his career.

Honours

Plymouth Argyle

• Southern League
  Southern Football League
  The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...
  
  : 1912–13
  1912–13 Southern Football League
  The 1912–13 Southern Football League season was the 19th in the history of the Southern League, a football competition in England. This season saw no First Division teams apply for election to the Football League. Plymouth Argyle won the league championship whilst Brentford and Stoke were relegated...
  
  
• Football League Third Division South
  Football League Third Division South
  The Football League Third Division South was a level of English professional football which ran in parallel to Third Division North from 1921 to 1958....
  
  : 1929–30