Frank Christie
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 February 1927 | ||
| Place of birth | Balbeggie, Perth, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 12 September 1996 (aged 69) | ||
| Place of death | Perth, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Wing-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Scone City Boys | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1944–45 | St Johnstone Young Men's Club | 0 | (0) |
| 1946–49 | Forfar | 25 | (13) |
| 1949–1950 | Liverpool | 4 | (0) |
| 1951–1958 | East Fife | 304 | (8) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1973–1976 | East Fife | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 August 2015. |
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Frank Christie (17 December 1927 – 12 September 1996) was a Scottish football player and manager.
Christie started his career at amateur side, St Johnstone Young Men's Club, Perth, Scotland.
He was signed by Liverpool on 17 July 1945 and subsequently loaned to Forfar having failed to break into the Liverpool first team from Liverpool's Central League reserve side. Forfar signed Christie permanently at the end of the 1945/46 season, where he enjoyed three years at the club before rejoining Liverpool F.C in March 1949. He played in four of Liverpool's League matches towards the end of the 1949–50 season, making his debut in defence alongside the likes of Bob Paisley and Phil Taylor in a fixture away to Manchester United on 15 March 1950 at Old Trafford (Theatre of Dreams) before a crowd of 45,283.
In January 1951, East Fife paid Liverpool an £8,000 transfer fee to bring Christie back to Bayview. He spent the large part of his playing career at East Fife, and scored the winning goal in East Fife's 3–2 victory over Partick Thistle in the 1953–54 Scottish League Cup Final at Hampden Park, Glasgow in front of 38,529.
In the summer of 1963 when St Johnstone FC Manager Bobby Brown was restructuring his backroom staff he appointed Frank Christie as first team trainer. This would prove to be a wise decision as Frank became a vital part of the management team. When Brown moved on to the role of Scotland National team manager in 1967, Christie was placed in temporary charge of team selection until the appointment of Willie Ormond as St Johnstone Manager. His partnership with Ormond saw the team enter one of the most successful periods in the Club's history. Following Ormond's move to the role of National team manager Christie moved to East Fife as Manager where he remained for 3 years.
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