Neil "Norrie" Martin (7 May 1939 – 10 October 2013) was a Scottish footballer best known for playing for Rangers. He was a goalkeeper.

Football career

Born in Fife but raised in Ayrshire, Martin started his career at Junior side Dalry Thistle and joined Hamilton Academical in 1957 but after a few months he moved back to Dalry.

Norrie Martin

A year later he joined Rangers, but had poor luck with injuries and became the understudy to Billy Ritchie at Ibrox. He managed to make 75 league appearances for the club over 12 years, 115 in total. his most active seasons were 1966–67 in which he played in the finals of the Scottish League Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup, and 1968–69 when he took part in the Scottish Cup Final, however Rangers lost to Celtic on both domestic occasions and to Bayern Munich in the continental event.

Norrie Martin

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.

Norrie Martin

Post playing career

Upon retirement, Martin took over the family business - his father owned a hotel in Prestwick. Martin died on 10 October 2013 at his home in Prestwick after a short battle with lung cancer.

References

Scottish men's footballers

Hamilton Academical F.C. players

Rangers F.C. players

East Fife F.C. players

Queen of the South F.C. players

Men's association football goalkeepers

Dalry Thistle F.C. players

Scottish Football League players

1939 births

2013 deaths

People from Prestwick

Footballers from South Ayrshire

Footballers from Fife

Scottish Junior Football Association players