Roy Killin

{{Short description|Canadian soccer player}}

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| name = Roy Killin

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| fullname = Harold Roy Killin

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1929|7|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario

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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}

| position = Full back

| youthyears1 = –

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1947–1952 | clubs1 = Manchester United | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1952–1954 | clubs2 = Lincoln City | caps2 = 7 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1954–1958 | clubs3 = Peterborough United | caps3 = 101 | goals3 = 0

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Harold Roy Killin (born 18 July 1929), known as Roy Killin, is a former professional footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Manchester United and Lincoln City.{{cite web |url=http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=kill01 |title=Roy Killin (1952/54) |work=The Lincoln City FC Archive |publisher=Lincoln City F.C |accessdate=26 October 2009}} and finally with Peterborough United from 1954 to 1958. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and raised in Manchester, England.

In 1947, he was signed by his hometown team, Manchester United,{{cite news |date=9 July 2007 |title=Hargreaves fulfills his dream |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/article770532.ece |accessdate=26 October 2009 |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |agency=Canadian Press and Associated Press}} but never appeared for the first team.{{cite web |title=Lincoln City : 1946/47–1986/87 & 1988/89–2008/09 |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/lincoln/lincoln.html |accessdate=26 October 2009 |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown}} In the 1953–54 season, he played ten games (seven in the League) for Second Division side Lincoln City. He also played for non-league team Peterborough United.{{cite web |title=Classic Encounters – Boston United vs Peterborough United |url=https://bufc.drfox.org.uk/C081055.html |accessdate=26 October 2009 |work=Boston United FC |publisher=Ken Fox}}