Frank Munro
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francis Michael Munro | ||
| Date of birth | 25 October 1947 | ||
| Place of birth | Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 16 August 2011 (aged 63) | ||
| Place of death | Wolverhampton, England | ||
| Playing position | 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) |
| 1979–1980 | Albion Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 421 | (36) | |
| National team | |||
| 1971–1975 | Scotland | 9 | (0) |
| 1969–1971 | Scotland U23 | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Francis Michael "Frank" Munro (25 October 1947 – 16 August 2011) was a Scottish international footballer who played as a centre back.
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.
Munro started his career as a centre-forward with Chelsea at junior and amateur level in 1961–62, after leaving school, but he left without signing professional forms. Following this, he returned home to his native Scotland and signed as a professional for Dundee United. He broke into the first team in 1964 and won four Scotland youth caps during his time at Tannadice.
In October 1966, he moved to fellow Division 1 outfit Aberdeen for £10,000. His first season proved a success as he collected a runners-up medal as the team fought its way through to the 1967 Scottish Cup Final, losing 0–2 to Celtic at Hampden Park. This was sufficient to qualify for Europe though, and they competed in the Cup Winners' Cup the following season, giving Munro his first – but not last – taste of European football. Munro scored Aberdeen's first goal in European competition, in a 10–1 win against KR Reykjavik.
In the summer of 1967, Munro and Aberdeen travelled to America to compete in the newly formed United Soccer Association league. Due to the lack of existing teams, the league organisers instead imported several established teams from around the globe to compete under 'franchise' names. Aberdeen competed as the "Washington Whips", based in the capital. The Whips won the Eastern division and so progressed through to the championship play-off match in July, where they faced the Western champions, Los Angeles Wolves (represented by Wolverhampton Wanderers). The Whips eventually lost 5–6 in extra time, but Munro's performance in scoring a hat-trick, caught the eye of the opposition manager Ronnie Allen.
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