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Croy-man Francis Meechan signed for Celtic in July 1952 as a free agent after previous spells in junior football and with Hibernian.

The full-back made his debut in a 3-0 League Cup defeat at Hibernian on August 30th 1952. He lost his place to Alex Rollo for the Coronation Cup success but was a regular in the League and Cup double winning side of 1954.

A tendency to make the occasional costly error - such as the gaffe which let Clyde score a last minute equaliser in the 1955 Scottish Cup final - meant Frank was never a regular starter in his latter years at the club and after a loan period at Stirling Albion in 1958 he was eventually released by the club in 1959 after 116 appearances.