Frank Quinn | |
Birth Date: | 12 September 1926 |
Birth Place: | Saltcoats, Scotland |
Death Place: | Saltcoats, Scotland |
Height: | 5feet[1] |
Position: | Outside right |
Years2: | 1946–1948 |
Years3: | 1948–1954 |
Years4: | 1954–1955 |
Years5: | 1955–1957 |
Years6: | 1957–1958 |
Clubs1: | Saltcoats Victoria |
Clubs2: | Celtic |
Clubs3: | Dundee United |
Clubs4: | Hamilton Academical |
Clubs5: | Cowdenbeath |
Clubs6: | Stranraer |
Caps2: | 6 |
Caps3: | 157 |
Caps4: | 25 |
Caps5: | 63 |
Caps6: | 9 |
Goals2: | 2 |
Goals3: | 90 |
Goals4: | 15 |
Goals5: | 38 |
Goals6: | 7 |
Totalcaps: | 260 |
Totalgoals: | 152 |
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. 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]