Frank Lord

Frank Lord

Personal information
Date of birth	13 March 1936
Place of birth	Chadderton, England
Date of death	June 2005
Playing position	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)
1967–1968	Plymouth Argyle	6	(2)
–	Career	354	(172 )
Teams managed
1973	Preston North End (caretaker)
1979–1982	Hereford United
1985	Malaysia
1995	Wigan Athletic (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Frank Lord (13 March 1936 – June 2005) was an English footballer and manager. He played as a centre-forward, with a goalscoring ratio of nearly 1 goal in every 2 league matches. He holds two records for Crewe Alexandra for most hat-tricks in total (8), and most hat-tricks in one season (4).

After finishing his playing career he moved into management in South Africa with Cape Town City, and was later appointed manager at Hereford United. Three largely unsuccessful years at Edgar Street followed, and his only other foray in English football management was a brief spell as caretaker manager at Wigan Athletic in 1995.

Frank Lord (left) Manager of Cape Town City in the early 1970s, in conversation with George Eastham

He later returned to South Africa, settling in Cape Town where he was a scout for Manchester United.