Former Manchester United manager Frank O'Farrell has passed away at the age of 94.
O'Farrell was in charge at Old Trafford from July 1971 to December 1972 when United were in the old First Division.
He replaced Sir Matt Busby, who had returned to the club for a second spell in 1970 but left six months later.
The Irishman was born and raised in Cork and started his playing career with his local club.
He joined West Ham in 1948 and played 197 games for the Hammers before joining Preston North End in 1956.
O'Farrell spent six years at Deepdale but retired from professional football in 1961 due to an operation to remove cartilage.
Upon retirement from the professional game, O'Farrell joined Southern League side Weymouth as player-manager.
Spells at Torquay and Leicester followed before he was handed the United job in July 1971, replacing Sir Matt Busby.
He won 30 of his 81 games in charge as he embarked on a rebuild of the playing squad following the success of the original Busby era.
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United started well under O'Farrell and were top of the league after his first 14 games in charge.
But they couldn't maintain that good early form and finished eighth in the 1971-72 season as Brian Clough and Derby won the league.
O'Farrell also had to talk George Best out of retirement but after an impressive start under O'Farrell he became a peripheral figure under the Irishman.
His tenure came to an end 18 months into the job after a 5-0 defeat to Crystal Palace in December 1972.
The defeat left the Red Devils third-from-bottom of the old First Division as Tommy Doherty came in to steady the ship.
After departing Old Trafford, O'Farrell had spells in charge of Cardiff, Iran, Torquay and Al-Shaab in the United Arab Emirates.
The Irish Examiner reported that O'Farrell died on Sunday.
