Frank Casper (footballer)

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Personal information
Frank Casper
Full name	Frank Casper
Date of birth	December 9, 1944 (1944-12-09) (age 63)
Place of birth	Barnsley, England
Height	5' 10" (178cm)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1962-1967 1967-1976	Rotherham United Burnley	116 (25) 268 (89)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 2006-12-23. * Appearances (Goals)

Frank Casper (born 9 December 1944) was a professional footballer, coach and manager, who played for Rotherham United and Burnley Football Club.

Born in Barnsley, England, Casper made his Rotherham debut against Derby County in 1962. He transferred to Burnley in June 1967 for a fee of £30,000; the first significant purchase by the club since the 1959 signing of Alex Elder. He scored on his Burnley debut against Coventry City and went on to score five goals in his first five games with the club. With the departure of Willie Irvine, then Andy Lochhead, he was left without a regular forward partner. In spite of this, he was the Clarets top scorer in each of his first two seasons.

During the 1970-71 season, he was sidelined through injury for half the season and the Clarets were relegated from the top flight. 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.

Casper's first team appearances were limited after an injury sustained at Leeds United in 1974, and early in 1976 he made his last first team appearance at Norwich before retiring and joining the Turf Moor staff as youth team coach. In all he spent more than 24 years with the Burnley; first as a very successful striker, then as a coach and manager (1989–1991).

He also had a spell as assistant manager at Bury, alongside former team-mate Martin Dobson.

His son, Chris managed Bury F.C. (2005–2008)

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