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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.

Roy Erskine

Personal information
Date of birth	September 1931 (age 90)
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

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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