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Frank Rankmore
Welsh footballer (1939–2022)
Frank Edward John Rankmore (21 July 1939 – 20 November 2022) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a defender for Cardiff City, Peterborough United, and Northampton Town. At international level, he made one appearance for the Wales national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frank Edward John Rankmore | ||
| Date of birth | (1939-07-21)21 July 1939 | ||
| Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | ||
| Date of death | 20 November 2022(2022-11-20) (aged 83) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1963 | Cardiff City | 67 | (0) |
| 1963–1968 | Peterborough United | 201 | (7) |
| 1968–1971 | Northampton Town | 103 | (15) |
| Total | 371 | (22) | |
| International career | |||
| 1966 | Wales | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rankmore was born in Cardiff and began his league career at Cardiff City after joining the club from local side Cardiff Corinthians in 1957. He was unable to break into the first team, and his early time at Ninian Park was spent mostly in the reserve side. At the end of the 1959–60 season he was placed on the transfer list. However, when Danny Malloy left the club in 1961, Rankmore found himself promoted to the first-team, making 37 league appearances during his first full season but was unable to prevent the club slipping out of Division One. After one more season as a first-team regular, Rankmore found himself out of favour again following the arrival of John Charles from Roma and was sold to Division Three side Peterborough United for a fee of £10,000.[1]
Rankmore went on to appear over 200 times for Peterborough and was awarded his first, and only,[2] cap for Wales when he played against Chile during a tour of South America in 1966. In 1968, he was sold to local rivals Northampton Town for £12,000, becoming the third Peterborough player to move to Northampton in the space of five months after Johnny Byrne and Jack Fairbrother,[3] where he made over 100 appearances before injury forced him into retirement in 1971.
- Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 157–158. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
- "Morgan hopes promotion will cap a good year". Peterborough Today. 7 August 2008. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
- "Local sporting highlights from this week in years gone by". Peterborough Today. 24 May 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2009.[dead link]
- Casey, Jeremy (28 November 2022). "Cobblers pay tribute as former player Frank Rankmore dies". Northampton Chronicle & Echo. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "The obituary notice of Frank Edward John RANKMORE". Funeral Notices. South Wales Echo. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- Frank Rankmore at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database