As a player, he made nearly 400 appearances in the Football League as a striker for Rotherham United and Burnley.
He transferred to Burnley in June 1967 for a fee of £30,000, which was the first significant purchase by the club since the 1959 signing of Alex Elder.
With the departure first of Willie Irvine, then of Andy Lochhead, he was left without a regular forward partner.
Through the early to mid-1970s, Frank continued to be a major focus of the Clarets' attack and forged a successful partnership with Paul Fletcher, with the two helping the club gain promotion back to Division One in 1972–73.
[2] He also had a spell 1984-1989 as assistant manager at Bury, alongside former teammate Martin Dobson.