Roddy Munro
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roderick Alexander Munro[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 27 July 1920 | ||
| Place of birth | Aultbea, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | July 1976 (aged 55–56) | ||
| Place of death | Cambridge, England[1] | ||
| Playing position | Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Rangers | 0 | (0) | |
| 1946–1953 | Brentford | 199 | (0) |
| Cambridge City | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Roderick Alexander "Roddy" Munro (27 July 1920 – July 1976) was a Scottish professional football full back who played for Brentford and Cambridge City. He is best remembered for his seven years in the Football League with Brentford, making over 200 appearances.[2]
Career
Rangers
A full back, Munro began his career in Scotland as an amateur with Scottish Division One side Rangers, before the breakout of the Second World War in 1939 and the suspension of professional football brought a halt to his career.[2]
Brentford
A year after the end of the Second World War in 1945, Munro joined Brentford as an amateur, on the recommendation of Tom Manley, with whom he had served in the Middle East during the war.[2] He played the final five games of the 1945–46 Football League South season.[2] Munro signed a professional contract in the summer of 1946 and with the resumption of league football, he made his debut in a 5–2 Division One defeat to Aston Villa on 28 September 1946.[3] He made 38 appearances in his debut season, which ended with the Bees suffering relegation to Division Two.[4] Munro was a regular fixture in the team until the end of the 1952–53 season, when he departed Griffin Park.[2] He made 211 appearances during his time with the Bees.[4]
Cambridge City
Munro saw out his career with a spell at Athenian League side Cambridge City.[2]
Personal life
Munro grew up in the hamlet of Aultbea in the Highlands of Scotland.[2] He met his wife Sheena in Cairo while serving in the Second World War and they had two children.[5] While with Brentford, Munro and his wife Sheena provided accommodation for Aultbea-native Hugh Urquhart, who failed to make the grade at the Bees and dropped into non-league football.[2][6] The couple settled in Hauxton, Cambridgeshire in the 1950s and worked for Fisons.[5] Munro died in 1976 and was survived by Sheena, who died in Skegness in February 2008.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Barry Hugman's Footballers - Roddie Munro". hugmansfootballers.com. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Yore Publications. pp. 43, 44. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ↑ "Brentford Football Club History". Brentfordfchistory.co.uk. 1946-09-28. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
- 1 2 "Brentford Football Club History". Brentfordfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
- 1 2 3 "20/02/08 - Sheena Munro (nee Mackenzie)". Skegness Standard. 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
- ↑ "Pan-Ross - work - publishing". Ross and Cromarty Heritage. Retrieved 2014-08-25.