Norrie Martin

Norrie Martin

Norrie Martin (1969)
Personal information
Full name	Neil Martin
Date of birth	(1939-05-07)7 May 1939
Place of birth	Ladybank, Scotland
Date of death	10 October 2013(2013-10-10) (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.^[1] He was a goalkeeper.^[1]

Football career

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,^[1] 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.

Post playing career

Upon retirement, Martin took over the family business - his father owned a hotel in Prestwick.^[2]

Death

Martin died on 10 October 2013 at his home in Prestwick, Ayrshire after a short battle with lung cancer.^[3]

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