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Frank “Felix” McGrogan was successful enough as a junior in Scottish football to get an opportunity with Blackburn Rovers in 1935, and he made his debut for Rovers on 12th October 1935 scoring in a 4-1 win over Manchester City. He played 3 more games in the following weeks, 2 defeats and a draw, before returning in 1937 to Scotland with Falkirk and then Kilmarnock, where he played until the outbreak of WW2. During the War he also played for Dumbarton, scoring 28 goals in 69 appearances between 1940 and 1943, and also for Third Lanark, but didn’t resume his career thereafter.
He was the father of 4 professional footballers, James, Felix Jr, Joe & Hugh McGrogan, all of whom played for professional football in the 1960’s and 1970’s both north and south of the border.