Frank Munro
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For the Australian rules footballer, see Frank Munro (Australian footballer).
Francis Michael "Frank" Munro (25 October 1947 – 16 August 2011) was a Scottish international footballer who played as a centre back.
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Full name | Francis Michael Munro | ||
Date of birth | (1947-10-25)25 October 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 16 August 2011(2011-08-16) (aged 63) | ||
Place of death | Wolverhampton, England | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1964–1966 | Dundee United | 50 | (14) |
1966–1968 | Aberdeen | 43 | (8) |
1968–1977 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 296 | (14) |
1977–1978 | Celtic | 15 | (0) |
1978–1979 | South Melbourne Hellas | 17 | (0) |
1979–1983 | Albion Rovers SC | 0 | (0) |
Total | 421 | (36) | |
International career | |||
1971–1975 | Scotland | 9 | (0) |
1969–1971 | Scotland U23 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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Munro played for Dundee United and Aberdeen in his native Scotland before moving to Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1968. Here he won a League Cup winners medal while with the club, and played in the first-ever UEFA Cup Final.
He was posthumously inducted into the Wolverhampton Wanderers Hall of Fame in 2017.[1]