Frank Gilfeather (born 30 December 1945,

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, Scotland) is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster. Gilfeather, a former Scottish amateur boxing champion from Dundee, moved to Aberdeen in April 1969 and began work on the Press & Journal and the Evening Express as a general news reporter. Later, when personnel was allocated to each paper, he was a news reporter on the P&J for some years before moving to the evening newspaper's sports desk as chief sportswriter and deputy sports editor. His broadcasting career began in 1980 with the launch of the

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(now ''STV North'') regional news programme, ''

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''. Gilfeather joined the programme as a sports correspondent although he would later also work on news coverage. As well as reporting for ''North Tonight'', Gilfeather fronted the North Tonight spin-off ''Summer at Six'' and popular local quiz show ''

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'' which ran for nine years. He also worked on general election coverage for

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and has been featured in out-takes on LWT's ''

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''. Gilfeather also fronted STV and

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's shinty highlights coverage between the mid-1980s and early-1990s, for which the shinty matches were simiculast on both channels throughout this time. Gilfeather is now a freelance journalist and broadcaster and writes for several national newspapers, including The Times, the Daily Record, The Herald and the Sunday Herald. He has written a weekly current affairs column for the Evening Express since 2001. He can also be heard covering football for ''

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. His play "The Harp and the Violet", based upon a real-life incident in Dundee in May 1941, was given its first performance at Dundee Rep in November 1991. It was directed by Robert Robertson and designed by Monika Nisbet. The cast included Martin McCardie

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In November 2009, his first book - ''Confessions of a Highland Hero'' - a ghost-written autobiography of Steve Paterson, the former Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Aberdeen football manager whose career was beset by gambling and alcohol addiction - was published by Birlinn. The book, later released in paperback, entered the Scottish bestsellers list soon after its publication. In 2010, Birlinn published Gilfeather's second book - ''Ross County: From Highland League To Hampden''. The book charted the Highland League side's history and the Scottish Cup run of 2009-10, during which they dumped Celtic and Hibs out of the competition before falling to Dundee United in the final.

References

External links

Frank Gilfeather Associates official site
1945 births Living people STV News newsreaders and journalists Scottish television presenters Journalists from Dundee People from Lochee {{Scotland-bio-stub