Frank Quinn (footballer, born 1926)

Frank Quinn
Personal information
Date of birth (1926-09-12)12 September 1926
Place of birth Saltcoats, Scotland
Date of death 18 October 2008(2008-10-18) (aged 82)
Place of death Saltcoats, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Saltcoats Victoria
1946–1948 Celtic 6 (2)
1948–1954 Dundee United 157 (90)
1954–1955 Hamilton Academical 25 (15)
1955–1957 Cowdenbeath 63 (38)
1957–1958 Stranraer 9 (7)
Total 260 (152)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francis Quinn (12 September 1926 – 18 October 2008) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside right for Celtic, Dundee United, Hamilton Academical, Cowdenbeath and Stranraer.[2]

Born in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Quinn played for local junior club Saltcoats Victoria before turning senior with Celtic in November 1946.[3] Having failed to become a first team regular, he was released in 1948, joining Dundee United on a free transfer on 18 August 1948. He scored a hat trick for the reserve team on the same day.[1] After making his first team debut against Alloa Athletic on 1 September, he quickly established himself, becoming part of a celebrated forward line known as the "Famous Five". Despite playing on the wing he was also a regular goalscorer, scoring over twenty goals in each of four consecutive seasons and finishing as United's leading scorer in the 1952-53 season. He was released by the club in May 1954, subsequently signing for Hamilton.[4]

Quinn died in Saltcoats in 2008. He was posthumously inducted into the Dundee United Hall of Fame in 2016.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Hat-Trick Debut". The Courier. Dundee. 19 August 1948. Retrieved 15 September 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database.
  3. ^ "Albion Capture". Evening Telegraph. Dundee. 26 November 1946. Retrieved 14 September 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ Gracie, Steve (2009). The Rise of the Terrors. Dundee: Arabest Publishing. pp. 231–232. ISBN 9780955834110.
  5. ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees 2016". Dundee United F.C. Retrieved 21 November 2016.


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