Crawford Boyd from
Kilwinning is a
Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
former professional
footballer.
Crawford Boyd is best known for his time at
Dumfries
Dumfries ( ; sco, Dumfries; from gd, Dùn Phris ) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is located near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth about by road from the ...
club,
Queen of the South The defensive cornerstone of the 1970s returned to Queens during the promotion campaign of 1980–81 to make a total of 321 first team appearances. Boyd played in the same promotion squad as
Allan Ball,
Iain McChesney and
Jimmy Robertson.
Boyd also played two seasons for
Hearts including the 1979–80 promotion campaign, making 40 appearances. Boyd had left
Palmerston at the start of that campaign, as had his long serving teammate
Jocky Dempster.
A product of
Largs Thistle, he went to manage the club after his playing career ended.
References
External links
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Crawford Boyd interview and career profile
Queen of the South F.C. players
Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
Living people
Scottish footballers
People from Kilwinning
1952 births
Association football defenders
Footballers from North Ayrshire
Scottish Football League players
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