Crawford Boyd

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Crawford Boyd

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|3|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kilwinning, Scotland

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| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = 1972

| youthclubs1 = Largs Thistle

| years1 = 1972–1979

| clubs1 = Queen of the South

| caps1 = 117

| goals1 = 4

| years2 = 1979–1981

| clubs2 = Hearts

| caps2 = 40

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1981–1985

| clubs3 = Queen of the South

| caps3 = 20

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 1985

| clubs4 = Irvine Meadow

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Crawford Boyd is a Scottish former professional footballer.

Crawford Boyd is best known for his time at Dumfries 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.[http://qosfc.com/legend-1040 Crawford Boyd interview and career profile on the www.qosfc.com]

Boyd also played two seasons for Hearts including the 1979–80 promotion campaign, making 40 appearances.{{Cite web|title=Crawford Boyd Appearances|url=https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/players/boydcrawfordap.html|access-date=2022-01-19|website=www.londonhearts.com}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Crawford Boyd – Hearts Career – from 19 Sep 1979 to 20 Sep 1980|url=https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/players/boydcrawford.html|access-date=2022-01-19|website=www.londonhearts.com}}