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.
He was unable to break into the first team, and his early time at Ninian Park was spent mostly in the reserve side.
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.