Frank Burrows was a Scottish football player and manager who played as a central defender.
16 Facts About Frank Burrows
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Frank Burrows began his football career at Scottish club Raith Rovers.
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Frank Burrows played alongside team captain Stan Harland in the middle of a defence that conceded just 35 goals in 46 League matches.
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Frank Burrows went on to make over 350 appearances for Swindon.
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Ambitious as a manager, Frank Burrows left Swindon to be appointed assistant manager to Jimmy Dickinson at Portsmouth.
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Frank Burrows enjoyed success at Portsmouth as a manager winning promotion from the fourth division in May 1980, after leaving the club in 1982 he spent time as assistant manager at Sunderland, before being appointed manager at Cardiff City in May 1986.
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Frank Burrows arrived to a Cardiff side demoralised by two successive relegations under former manager Alan Durban that had left the club in the bottom rung of the Football League.
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Frank Burrows brought in his own coaching staff, including former City manager Jimmy Goodfellow, Bobby Smith and Gavin Tait, and set to work revitalising a side that had dropped to new depths.
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Frank Burrows then arrived at Swansea City in March 1991, and enjoyed a productive four-year spell as manager of the Swans.
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Frank Burrows was then on the coaching staff at West Ham United, working under manager Harry Redknapp before returning to Cardiff City as manager in February 1998, succeeding Kenny Hibbitt in the manager's position.
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From 2000 until 2004, Frank Burrows was assistant manager to Gary Megson at West Bromwich Albion and helped them win promotion to the Premiership twice.
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In 2001 Frank Burrows was diagnosed with cancer of the kidney, and spent several weeks away from The Hawthorns to recover from major surgery.
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Frank Burrows took charge of two games as caretaker-manager following Megson's departure in November 2004, but left the Hawthorns once Bryan Robson arrived, despite being offered a role in the new setup.
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Frank Burrows was then given an opportunity to resurrect his partnership with Gary Megson, when he was offered the job of first team coach at Nottingham Forest, but he turned the post down, citing family reasons.
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Frank Burrows did join up with Megson again two years later though, taking up a role in the Leicester City coaching setup.
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Frank Burrows died on 24 November 2021, at the age of 77.