| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 October 1923 | ||
| Place of birth | Coatbridge, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 28 June 1997(1997-06-28) (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | Coatbridge, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Coatbridge St Francis | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1939–1948 | Kilmarnock | 32 | (1) |
| 1948–1951 | Clyde | 54 | (1) |
| 1951–1954 | Portadown | ||
| International career | |||
| 1945 | Scotland (wartime) | 2 | (0) |
| 1949 | Scottish League XI | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Francis Mennie (30 October 1923 – 28 June 1997) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left back for Kilmarnock, Queen's Park (three seasons of unofficial competitions during World War II), Clyde and Portadown (Northern Ireland). He appeared in the 1949 Scottish Cup Final with Clyde, a defeat to Rangers, and claimed the Gold Cup with Portadown in 1953, scoring the winning goal in the final.
Mennie appeared in two unofficial wartime international matches for Scotland in 1945 (the players who travelled to Belgium were all serving armed forces personnel – he was with the Royal Air Force) and was selected once for the Scottish Football League XI against the English Football League XI in 1949.
References
- (Kilmarnock player) Mennie, Frank, FitbaStats
- John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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- Clyde: 1946/47 - 2013/14, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database
- Penalty-kick Mystery, The Glasgow Herald, 25 April 1949
- Various Football & Rugby Teams, Portadown Photos
- Scotland Unofficial Matches 1939-1945, RSSSF, 23 July 2020
- "[SFL player] Frank Mennie". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- Tales of Jimmy Mallan, Charles Buchan's Football Weekly, September 1955, via Not The View, January 2019
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- 1923 births
- 1997 deaths
- Footballers from Coatbridge
- Scottish men's footballers
- Royal Air Force personnel of World War II
- Men's association football defenders
- Queen's Park F.C. wartime guest players
- Kilmarnock F.C. players
- Clyde F.C. players
- Portadown F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scotland men's wartime international footballers
- Scottish Football League representative players
- NIFL Premiership players
- Scottish football defender, 1920s birth stubs