Ralph Collins

Ralph Collins
Personal information
Full name Ralph Clark Collins
Date of birth 16 April 1924
Place of birth Airdrie, Scotland
Date of death March 2007 (aged 82)
Place of death Airdrie, Scotland
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Shettleston
1942–1948 Airdrieonians 0 (0)
1948–1949 East Stirlingshire
1949–1959 Kilmarnock 246 (1)
Managerial career
1967–1970 Airdrieonians
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ralph Clark Collins (16 April 1924 – March 2007)[1] was a Scottish football player and manager.

Bio

He played as a defender for Airdrieonians, East Stirlingshire[2] and Kilmarnock, making 325 appearances for the Ayrshire club.[3][4][5] Collins captained Kilmarnock in the 1957 Scottish Cup Final.[6]

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.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Ralph Collins". Players. Soccerbase. 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  2. ^ "East Stirlingshire : 1948/49 & 1955/56 - 2010/11". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Kilmarnock: 1946/47 - 2011/12". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Ian McMillan takes over at Airdrie". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. 29 October 1970. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  5. ^ (Kilmarnock player) Collins, Ralph, FitbaStats
  6. ^ Campbell, Iain (23 May 1997). "Odds-on Bert". Daily Record. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 21 September 2012.


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