Roy Erskine Explained
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]
Notes and References
- 1435556066796912642 . JudyMurray . Yes this former Hibee is 90 and look what someone gave him #GGTTH @HibernianFC . 8 September 2021 . TweetCiteBot.
- News: Andy Murray's grandad 'banned from playing tennis' . The Scotsman . Johnston Publishing . 13 July 2013 . 14 July 2013 . Martin . Hannan.
- News: Andy Murray: How Evening News charted his rise . Edinburgh Evening News . Johnston Publishing . 9 July 2013 . 9 July 2013 . A call to Andy's grandfather, Roy Erskine, let the cat out of the bag regarding some sporting pedigree other than the fact mum, Judy, was Scottish champion in 1981. Mr Erskine told us: "I was at Hibs for three seasons under the managership of Hugh Shaw, playing a few first-team games including an East of Scotland Shield Final.".
- Web site: HIBERNIAN: 1946/47 – 2007/08. 1 July 2009. Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database.
- Web site: STIRLING ALBION : 1947/48 – 2007/08. 1 July 2009. Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database.
- Web site: COWDENBEATH: 1946/47 – 2007/08. 1 July 2009. Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database.
- The Rangers Football Companion by David Docherty ISBN 0 85976 172 X pages 71 and 76
- Web site: Dunblane tastes regret along with its new favourite son. 1 July 2009. 26 June 2005. Will Peakin. The Observer.
- Web site: MURRAY, Andy (GBR). 1 July 2009. International Tennis Federation. 19 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120119023656/http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player.asp?player=100013005. dead.
