Ralph Collins | |
Fullname: | Ralph Clark Collins |
Position: | Defender |
Birth Date: | 16 April 1924 |
Birth Place: | Airdrie, Scotland |
Death Date: | March 2007 (aged 82) |
Death Place: | Airdrie, Scotland |
Years1: | – |
Clubs1: | Shettleston |
Years2: | 1942–1948 |
Clubs2: | Airdrieonians |
Caps2: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1948–1949 |
Years4: | 1949–1959 |
Clubs4: | Kilmarnock |
Caps4: | 246 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Years5: | – |
Manageryears1: | 1967–1970 |
Managerclubs1: | Airdrieonians |
Ralph Clark Collins (16 April 1924 – March 2007)[1] was a Scottish football player and manager.
He played as a defender for Airdrieonians, East Stirlingshire[2] and Kilmarnock, making 325 appearances for the Ayrshire club.[3] [4] Collins captained Kilmarnock in the 1957 Scottish Cup Final.[5]
After retiring as a player, Collins was manager of Airdrie, but resigned from that post in October 1970 due to the pressure of also working shift patterns in another job.[6]