Roy Erskine
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | September 1931 (age 92) | ||
| Position(s) | Full back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hibernian | |||
| Peebles Rovers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1954–1956 | Stirling Albion | 9 | (0) |
| 1956–1958 | Cowdenbeath | 37 | (0) |
| Total | 46 | (0) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Roy Erskine (born September 1931)[1] is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a full back. Erskine made a total of 46 appearances in the Scottish Football League.
Career
After completing his spell of national service, Erskine began his football career with Hibernian.[2] He played in some other first team matches, including an East of Scotland Shield Final,[3] but never made a league appearance for the team.[4] Erskine later played for Peebles Rovers, Stirling Albion and Cowdenbeath.[5][6] In Roy's nine league games for Stirling Albion, two of them were against Rangers. Both games were played in Stirling. The first was on 5 March 1955 and ended in a 2-0 victory for Rangers. The second game was on 22 October 1955 and ended in a 2-2 draw.[7]
Personal life
An optician by profession, Roy Erskine is the maternal grandfather of professional tennis players Jamie and Andy Murray by his daughter Judy Murray.[8][9] Erskine himself was a tennis player, but he was prohibited by the Scottish tennis authorities from continuing that sport actively after he became a professional footballer.[2]
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