Neil Orr
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Neil Ian Orr[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 13 May 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Greenock, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1982 | Morton | 186 | (1) |
| 1982–1987 | West Ham United | 146 | (4) |
| 1987–1993 | Hibernian | 166 | (3) |
| 1993–1995 | St Mirren | 29 | (1) |
| 1995 | Queen of the South | 7 | (1) |
| 1997–2002 | Edinburgh University | ||
| International career | |||
| 1980 | Scottish Football League XI[3] | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1996 | Dartmouth Big Green | ||
| 1997–2002 | Edinburgh University (player-manager) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Neil Ian Orr (born 13 May 1959) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played as a defender.
Playing career
[edit | edit source]Orr, who was capped for Scotland under-21s and the Scottish Football League XI, played for Morton for seven years, racking up 196 appearances. He joined West Ham United in January 1982 for £400,000, making his debut on 9 January 1982 against Manchester United.[4]
He made a total of 175 league and cup appearances for West Ham, scoring five goals. He went on to play for Hibernian and St Mirren, before ending his career at Queen of the South.[4]
Coaching career
[edit | edit source]Following his retirement from professional football, Orr spent time coaching in summer camps in the United States, and coached the Dartmouth Big Green women's soccer,[5][6] before moving back to Scotland to take a player-manager role at Edinburgh University.[4] As well as playing for the club,[7] he worked as head coach and first team manager on a part-time basis of 25 hours per week for 10 months per season. He remained there for five seasons, during which time the club won the Queen's Park Shield three times, were runners up in the King Cup and were twice losing semi-finalists in the BUSA Cup. In 2000–01, EUAFC earned promotion to the East of Scotland Premier Division.[8]
Orr left in the Summer of 2002 for a role as a Youth Development Officer with the Scottish Football Association in Midlothian. In 2011, he moved to Canberra, Australia and continued to work in football development.[8]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]He is the son of Scotland international Tommy Orr, who also played for Morton.[4]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Neil Orr at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Scottish men's footballers
- Scotland men's under-21 international footballers
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League players
- Greenock Morton F.C. players
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Hibernian F.C. players
- St Mirren F.C. players
- Queen of the South F.C. players
- Footballers from Greenock
- Scottish Football League representative players
- Edinburgh University A.F.C. players
- Men's association football midfielders
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Dartmouth Big Green women's soccer coaches
- Scottish football defender, 1950s birth stubs
- Scottish football midfielder, 1950s birth stubs