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Neil Orr

Neil Orr
Personal information
Full name	Neil Ian Orr^[1]
Date of birth	(1959-05-13) 13 May 1959 (age 67)
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

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

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

He is the son of Scotland international Tommy Orr, who also played for Morton.^[4]

References

↑ "Neil Orr". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 388. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
↑ "Neil Orr". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
1 2 3 4 Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. p. 157. ISBN 1-903135-50-8.
↑ "Orr hired as coach of women's soccer team". Orr hired as coach of women's soccer team - The Dartmouth.
↑ "Big Green adjust to new coach". Big Green adjust to new coach - The Dartmouth.
↑ Hogg, Alex (28 August 2000). "Annan go three points clear as rivals share the spoils". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017 – via HighBeam Research.
1 2 "History of EUAFC". Edinburgh University A.F.C. Retrieved 22 December 2017.

External links

Neil Orr at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database

v t e Dartmouth Big Green women's soccer head coaches
Dud Hendrick (1980–1982) Scott Allison (1983–1985) B.J. O'Hara (1986–1989) Steve Swanson (1990–1995) Neil Orr (1996) Kelly Knudsen (1997–1999) Erica Walsh (2000–2002) Ben Landis (2003–2004) Angie Hind (2005–2010) Theresa Romagnolo (2011–2013) Ron Rainey (2014–2022) Taylor Schram (2023– )

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