Neil Ian Orr (born 13 May 1959) is a Scottish former professional

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, who played as a defender. Orr, who was capped for Scotland under-21s and the Scottish Football League XI, played for

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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

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. 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. Following his retirement from professional football, Orr spent time coaching in summer camps in the United States, before moving back to Scotland to take a

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role at Edinburgh University. As well as playing for the club, 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. Orr left in the Summer of 2002 for a role as a Youth Development Officer with the

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in Midlothian. In 2011, he moved to Canberra, Australia and continued to work in football development. He is the son of

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Tommy Orr Thomas Bingham Orr (21 April 1924 – 20 June 1972) was a Scottish footballer, who played as an inside forward for Greenock Morton. Playing for Morton Juniors, Orr appeared in the 1940 Scottish Junior Cup Final alongside Nelson Black. Morto ...

, who also played for Morton.

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* 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 {{Scotland-footy-midfielder-1950s-stub