Frank Meechan | |
Fullname: | Francis Meechan |
Position: | Defender |
Birth Date: | 27 October 1929 |
Birth Place: | Condorrat, Scotland |
Death Place: | Cumbernauld, Scotland |
Years1: | – |
Clubs1: | Petershill |
Years2: | 1952–1958 |
Clubs2: | Celtic |
Caps2: | 86 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1958–1959 |
Clubs3: | → Stirling Albion (loan) |
Caps3: | 6 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | – |
Years5: | – |
Years6: | – |
Years7: | – |
Years8: | – |
Nationalyears1: | – |
Nationalteam1: | Scottish League XI |
Francis Meechan (27 October 1929 – 20 August 1976) was a Scottish footballer who played as a defender for Petershill, Celtic and Stirling Albion. He played for Celtic in three Scottish Cup Finals in the mid-1950s, beating Aberdeen in 1954 (as part of a double with the Scottish Football League, the club's first championship since the 1930s)[1] followed by defeats at the hands of Clyde in 1955 and Hearts in 1956.[2]
After retiring as a player Meechan became a scout for Celtic in a link with his local club Cumbernauld United (where a teenage Kenny Dalglish was farmed out for experience during the period), but died aged 46 – the Frank Meechan Memorial Charity Match in Cumbernauld was played in his memory.[3]