Ralph Collins
Scottish footballer and manager
Personal information | |||
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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
- ^ "Ralph Collins". Players. Soccerbase. 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ "East Stirlingshire : 1948/49 & 1955/56 - 2010/11". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ "Kilmarnock: 1946/47 - 2011/12". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ a b "Ian McMillan takes over at Airdrie". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. 29 October 1970. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ (Kilmarnock player) Collins, Ralph, FitbaStats
- ^ Campbell, Iain (23 May 1997). "Odds-on Bert". Daily Record. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
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Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) – managers
- Walker (1905–10)
- Chapman (1910–21)
- Orr (1921–26)
- Martyn (1926–37)
- Morrison (1937–41)
- Hart (1941–43)
- Ferrier (1943–45)
- Ritchie (1945–50)
- Fotheringham (1950–54)
- Steel (1954–63)
- Wright (1963–67)
- Collins (1967–70)
- McMillan (1970–76)
- Stewart (1976–78)
- Watson (1978–82)
- Munro (1982–83)
- MacLeod (1983–85)
- McMillan (1985–86)
- Whiteford (1986–87)
- McQueen (1987–89)
- Bone (1989–91)
- MacDonald (1991–99)
- Mackay (1999–00)
- Archibald (2000–01)
- McCall (2001–02)
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