Norrie Martin (1969)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Neil Martin | ||
Date of birth | 7 May 1939 | ||
Place of birth | Ladybank, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 10 October 2013 | (aged 74)||
Place of death | Prestwick, Scotland | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Dalry Thistle | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1957 | Hamilton Academical | 0 | (0) |
1957–1958 | Dalry Thistle | (0) | |
1958–1970 | Rangers | 75 | (0) |
1970 | East Fife | 2 | (0) |
1970 | Queen of the South | 4 | (0) |
1970–1971 | Hamilton Academical | 4 | (0) |
Total | 85 | (0) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Neil "Norrie" Martin (7 May 1939 – 10 October 2013) was a Scottish footballer best known for playing for Rangers. He was a goalkeeper.
He started his career at junior side Dalry Thistle and joined Hamilton Academical in 1957 but after a few months he moved back to Dalry.
A year later he joined Rangers, but Martin became the understudy to Billy Ritchie at Ibrox. He managed to make seventy-five league appearances for the club, 110 in total, and was part of the 1965-66 Scottish Cup winning side.
Martin left Rangers to join East Fife in 1970 but only made two league appearances before leaving to join Queen of the South a few months later. In Dumfries he made four league appearances and then re-joined Hamilton for the rest of the 1970-71 season.
Upon retirement, Martin took over the family business - his father owned a hotel in Prestwick.
Martin died on 10 October 2013 at his home in Prestwick, Ayrshire after a short battle with lung cancer.