12 Facts About Frank Lord

Frank Lord was an English footballer who played as a centre forward.

Frank Lord made 354 appearances in the English Football League for Rochdale, Crewe Alexandra, Plymouth Argyle, Stockport County, Blackburn Rovers and Chesterfield, and scored 172 goals.

Frank Lord began his career with Rochdale, where he scored 54 goals in 122 league games during eight seasons with the club.

Frank Lord's goal-ratio improved with Crewe Alexandra, who he joined in 1961.

Frank Lord signed with Plymouth Argyle in November 1963 and was the club's leading goalscorer in his first season.

Frank Lord scored once in 10 league games for Blackburn before joining Chesterfield in 1967.

Frank Lord returned to Plymouth Argyle in October 1967 to work as a player-coach under the management of Billy Bingham, having scored six times in 12 league games for Chesterfield.

Frank Lord went on to coach at Crystal Palace and Preston North End, where he served as caretaker manager in 1973.

Frank Lord managed Cape Town City in South Africa for several years, where he won the Manager of the Year award in 1977, before becoming Hereford United manager in December 1979; a position he held until September 1982.

Frank Lord was the head coach of the Malaysia national team from 1983 to 1985, and applied unsuccessfully for the vacant manager's position at Plymouth Argyle.

Frank Lord returned to South Africa and settled in Cape Town, where he later worked as a scout for Manchester United.

Frank Lord died of a heart attack at his home in June 2005.