{"id":289698,"date":"2023-10-01T14:39:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T14:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=289698"},"modified":"2023-10-01T14:39:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T14:39:42","slug":"former-aberdeen-striker-frank-mcdougall-dies-at-the-age-of-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/former-aberdeen-striker-frank-mcdougall-dies-at-the-age-of-65\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Aberdeen striker Frank McDougall dies at the age of 65"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Aberdeen legend Frank McDougall, who was top scorer as his side won the Scottish title in 1984-85, dies at the age of 65<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ex-Aberdeen and St Mirren striker Frank McDougall has died at the age of 65\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>McDougall won the league title with Aberdeen in the 1984-85 season\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Aberdeen and St Mirren striker Frank McDougall has died at the age of 65.<\/p>\n<p>McDougall won the Scottish Premier Division title with Aberdeen (managed by Sir Alex Ferguson) in the 1984-85 season.<\/p>\n<p>During that campaign he finished as the top scorer in the division with 22 league goals.<\/p>\n<p>In total he made 69 appearances for Aberdeen and scored 44 goals.<\/p>\n<p>McDougall also won the Scottish Cup and League Cup\u00a0but had to retire at the age of 29 because of a back injury.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/14\/76037221-12581133-image-m-81_1696165932152.jpg\" height=\"627\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former Aberdeen and St Mirren striker Frank McDougall has died at the age of 65<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/14\/76037223-12581133-image-m-97_1696166031702.jpg\" height=\"615\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>McDougall won the Scottish league title with Aberdeen in the 1984-85 season<\/p>\n<p>He previously played for Clydebank before securing a move to St Mirren in 1979.<\/p>\n<p>Last year McDougall revealed that he had lung cancer. He was later inducted into the Aberdeen hall of fame.<\/p>\n<p>A statement on Aberdeen&#8217;s official website on Sunday morning read: &#8216;Aberdeen Football Club is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Frank McDougall this morning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Frank was an AFC legend, as during his two seasons for the Dons, between 1984 and 1986, he scored an incredible 44 goals and won all three domestic medals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The striker was inducted into the AFC Hall of Fame last year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Our thoughts are with his friends and family at his very sad time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A full tribute to one of our greatest ever players will appear soon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;RIP Frank&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/14\/76037231-12581133-image-a-80_1696165923666.jpg\" height=\"677\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>St Mirren posted a tribute to McDougall saying they are deeply saddened to hear of his passing<\/p>\n<p>St Mirren posted a statement which read: &#8216;St Mirren Football Club is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of our former player Frank McDougall.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Renowned as one of the best forwards in Scottish football during the 1980s, Frank joined St Mirren from Clydebank in June 1979 in a move that broke the Scottish transfer record at the time. During his five year stay at Saints, Frank scored 64 goals in 169 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Frank would then move on to Aberdeen in 1984 where he became a huge fans favourite &#8211; scoring 44 goals in just 69 appearances &#8211; before having to retire with an injury in 1987.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The thoughts of everyone at St Mirren are with Frank&#8217;s loved ones at this sad time.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12581133\/Aberdeen-legend-Frank-McDougall-scorer-won-Scottish-title-1984-85-dies-age-65.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aberdeen legend Frank McDougall, who was top scorer as his side won the Scottish title in 1984-85, dies at the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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