Frank McLintock, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Frank McLintock

Scottish footballer and manager

Date of Birth: 28-Dec-1939

Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Profession: association football manager, association football player, television presenter, autobiographer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Frank McLintock

  • Francis "Frank" McLintock MBE (born 28 December 1939) is a former Scotland international footballer and football manager.
  • He also worked as a sports agent and football pundit in his later life. He began his career in Scottish Junior football with Shawfield, before earning a professional contract with English First Division club Leicester City in December 1956.
  • He played in two FA Cup final defeats before he was sold to Arsenal for £80,000 in October 1964.
  • He had a poor start to his career at Arsenal, though he did feature in two League Cup final defeats, but he found success at the club after being switched from right-half to centre-half in 1969.
  • Appointed as captain he led the club to their first European trophy, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1970.
  • The following season, 1970–71, he captained Arsenal to the Double, as they won the league and the FA Cup.
  • He was sold to Queens Park Rangers in June 1973 for a fee of £25,000, and helped the club to finish as First Division runners-up in 1975–76 before he announced his retirement in May 1977.
  • He scored a total of 66 goals in 766 league and cup games in a 20-year professional career, and won nine caps for Scotland in an eight-year international career. He was appointed manager of Leicester City in June 1977, but resigned in April 1978 with the club heading out of the First Division.
  • After a spell coaching at QPR he returned to management with Brentford in February 1984.
  • He took the "Bees" to the 1985 Football League Trophy Final, before he resigned in January 1987.
  • He later worked as assistant manager at Millwall before becoming a sports agent and football pundit.

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