Frank Lord
 Lord talking to George Eastham | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frank Lord[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 13 March 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Chadderton, Lancashire, England | ||
| Date of death | June 2005 (aged 69) | ||
| Place of death | Cape Town, South Africa | ||
| Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1953–1961 | Rochdale | 122 | (54) |
| 1961–1963 | Crewe Alexandra | 108 | (68) |
| 1963–1966 | Plymouth Argyle | 69 | (23) |
| 1966 | Stockport County | 27 | (18) |
| 1966–1967 | Blackburn Rovers | 10 | (1) |
| 1967 | Chesterfield | 12 | (6) |
| 1967–1969 | Plymouth Argyle | 6 | (2) |
| Total | 354 | (172) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1973 | Preston North End (caretaker) | ||
| 1971–1972 | Cape Town City | ||
| 1979–1982 | Hereford United | ||
| 1983 | Pahang | ||
| 1983–1985 | Malaysia | ||
| 1995 | Wigan Athletic (caretaker) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Frank Lord (13 March 1936 – June 2005) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward. He made 354 appearances in the English Football League for Rochdale, Crewe Alexandra, Plymouth Argyle, Stockport County, Blackburn Rovers and Chesterfield, and scored 172 goals.
Career
[edit]Lord was born in Chadderton, near Oldham, Lancashire.[1] He began his career with Rochdale, where he scored 54 goals in 122 league games during eight seasons with the club.[2] His goal-ratio improved with Crewe Alexandra, who he joined in 1961.[2][3] Lord spent a little over two seasons with Crewe and scored 68 league goals in 108 appearances;[3] in total, he made 117 appearances, scoring 73 times.[4] He scored four hat-tricks in 1961–62 and eight in total to set a new club record.[3] He signed with Plymouth Argyle in November 1963 and was the club's leading goalscorer in his first season.[3] Lord was also joint-leading scorer in 1964–65 with Mike Trebilcock.[3] In February 1966, he moved to Stockport County after scoring 23 times in 69 league games for Argyle and six more in seven cup ties.[5][6] His form at Stockport, 18 goals in 27 league appearances, prompted a move to Blackburn Rovers later that year.[2]
He scored once in 10 league games for Blackburn before joining Chesterfield in 1967.[1] He returned to Plymouth Argyle in October 1967 to work as a player-coach under the management of Billy Bingham,[3] having scored six times in 12 league games for Chesterfield.[1] While his main role was coaching, Lord did play occasionally when others were injured.[3] He scored two more goals in nine league and cup games in 1968–69 before retiring from playing.[5] Lord went on to coach at Crystal Palace and Preston North End,[3] where he also served as caretaker manager in 1973.[7] He 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.[3][8]
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.[3] In 1994, he became assistant manager at Lincoln City and then joined Wigan Athletic as a football co-ordinator.[3] Lord was briefly caretaker manager at Wigan in 1995.[8] He returned to South Africa and settled in Cape Town,[1] where he later worked as a scout for Manchester United.[8]
Death
[edit]Lord died of a heart attack at his home in June 2005.[1][8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Chesterfield FC : Football League players, 1921 to 2011" (Spreadsheet). CFC History. Retrieved 30 July 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c "Frank Lord". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Riddle, Andy (2001). Plymouth Argyle: 101 Golden Greats. Westcliff-on-Sea: Desert Island Books. pp. 105–106. ISBN 1-874287-47-3.
- ^ Crisp, Marco (1998). Crewe Alexandra Match by Match (2nd ed.). Nottingham: Tony Brown. pp. 93–95. ISBN 1-899468-81-1.
- ^ a b "Frank Lord". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- ^ Knight, Brian (1989). Plymouth Argyle: A Complete Record 1903–1989. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 304–309. ISBN 0-907969-40-2.
- ^ "Past Managers". Preston North End F.C. 24 January 2012. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Former Bulls chief Frank Lord dies". Hereford Times. 23 June 2005. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- ^ "Taylor bid mystery". Western Morning News. 18 June 2005. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- 1936 births
- 2005 deaths
- People from Chadderton
- Footballers from Greater Manchester
- Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Rochdale A.F.C. players
- Crewe Alexandra F.C. players
- Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
- Stockport County F.C. players
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- Chesterfield F.C. players
- English Football League players
- English football managers
- Preston North End F.C. managers
- Hereford United F.C. managers
- Malaysia national football team managers
- Wigan Athletic F.C. managers
- Lincoln City F.C. non-playing staff
- Plymouth Argyle F.C. non-playing staff
- 20th-century English sportsmen