Roy Barry

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{for|the American polo player|Roy M. Barry}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Roy Barry

| image =

| fullname = Roy Alexander Barry

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|9|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland

| height =

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Musselburgh Athletic

| years1 = 1961–1966

| years2 = 1966–1969

| years3 = 1969–1973

| years4 = 1973–1975

| years5 = 1975–1976

| years6 = 1976–1978

| years7 = 1978–1979

| clubs1 = Heart of Midlothian

| clubs2 = Dunfermline

| clubs3 = Coventry City

| clubs4 = Crystal Palace

| clubs5 = Hibernian

| clubs6 = East Fife

| clubs7 = Nuneaton Borough

| caps1 = 94

| caps2 = 94

| caps3 = 83

| caps4 = 42

| caps5 = 36

| caps6 = 12

| caps7 = 2

| goals1 = 8

| goals2 = 6

| goals3 = 2

| goals4 = 1

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| totalcaps = 361

| totalgoals= 17

| manageryears1 = 1976–1978

| manageryears2 = 1982

| managerclubs1 = East Fife

| managerclubs2 = Oxford United

}}

Roy Alexander Barry (born 19 September 1942) is a Scottish former professional footballer.{{Hugman|1068|access-date=19 February 2017}}

Barry played for Musselburgh Athletic's junior side before being signed by Hearts. He then moved to Dunfermline for £13,000, where he helped the club defeat Hearts in the 1968 Scottish Cup Final. Dunfermline sold him to Coventry City for £40,000, who then sold him to Crystal Palace for £45,000. He later signed for Hibernian and ended his senior playing career at East Fife, who he also managed. Barry later became caretaker manager of Oxford United.

References

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  • {{cite book| last=Jeffrey | first=Jim | title=The Men Who Made Hibernian F.C. since 1946 | publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd | year=2005 | isbn=0-7524-3091-2}}