Frank Douglas Prentice (21 September 1898 – 3 October 1962)[1] was an English rugby union player and administrator who played 239 games for Leicester Tigers between 1923 and 1931, was captain of the 1930 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia and served as Secretary of the Rugby Football Union between 1947 and 1962.

During The First World War he served with the Royal Artillery and, when posted to France, joined the ANZACs whose enthusiasm for rugby converted him.

From then onward Prentice is recorded as having mainly played prop for Leicester,[4] despite his international caps coming at either Number 8 or Lock.

[4] By 1926 Prentice had become Leicester's secondary goal-kicker, taking the duties when club captain Harold Day was not selected.

He succeeded Day as both captain and place-kicker for the 1928–29 season where he was top scorer with 134 points in 31 games and on 11 February 1928 made his international debut for England in a 7–6 win over Ireland at Lansdowne Road.

His second season as captain saw a return to regular winning ways; Tigers won 26 of their 39 games whilst Prentice was again top scorer with 106 points in 26 matches.

He became Secretary of the Rugby Football Union in 1947, at this point he stopped being a selector for the national side, and held the position for 15 years until ill health forced him to retire in 1962.