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Brian Marjoribanks
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<h2 id="life-and-career">Life and career</h2> <p>Marjoribanks was born in <a href="/facts/Falkirk/TGAWu5Lu">Falkirk</a>, Scotland on 22 July 1942.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> He trained as an actor at the Edinburgh College of Speech and Drama (now <a href="/facts/Queen_Margaret_University/5NVQR1cA">Queen Margaret University</a>). </p><p>Marjoribanks played for <a href="/facts/Hibernian_F.C./pWvVLm3m">Hibernian</a> in the early 1960s. He scored a goal on his debut for Hibs, an <a href="/facts/Edinburgh_derby/2CIjaeDg">Edinburgh derby</a> against <a href="/facts/Heart_of_Midlothian_F.C./QszMDmwY">Hearts</a> at <a href="/facts/Tynecastle_Park/cdl1Qrqv">Tynecastle</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> He then joined Hearts in 1963, playing for their reserve team during the 1963–64 season.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>He retired from playing football in 1964, aged 21, to pursue a career in acting<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> and he appeared in the BBC medical drama <i><a href="/facts/Dr_Finlay%2527s_Casebook/uxE4JE2k">Dr Finlay's Casebook</a></i> and the soap opera <i><a href="/facts/United!/9mXA2yAx">United!</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> He was a regular presenter for BBC Scotland radio (<i><a href="/facts/Sportsound/PK7l9rKT">Sportsound</a></i>) and television (<i><a href="/facts/Sportscene/1RpMHyxa">Sportscene</a></i>) until 1983,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> when he was appointed to a role with the <a href="/facts/Independent_Television_Commission/5sg3u93C">Independent Television Commission</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> He was later a director of <a href="/facts/STV_(TV_channel)/pw1pIse9">STV</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p><p>Marjoribanks died after a brief illness at Son Espases Hospital in <a href="/facts/Palma_de_Mallorca/FhG4zSs3">Palma de Mallorca</a>, Spain, on 9 August 2024. He was 82.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1566101/">Brian Marjoribanks</a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Sports presenter and footballer Brian Marjoribanks dies at 82". BBC News. 12 August 2024. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdke3zeljvo" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdke3zeljvo</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Sports presenter and footballer Brian Marjoribanks dies at 82". BBC News. 12 August 2024. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdke3zeljvo" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdke3zeljvo</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>McLaughlin, Martyn (12 August 2024). "Brian Marjoribanks: Former Scottish footballer who found fame as actor and sports anchor dies at 82". The Scotsman. ISSN 0307-5850. OCLC 614655655. <a href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/tributes-to-scottish-football-star-who-became-successful-actor-and-broadcaster-4738391" target="_blank">https://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/tributes-to-scottish-football-star-who-became-successful-actor-and-broadcaster-4738391</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Brian Marjoribanks - Hearts Reserve Player - from 10 Aug 1963 to 20 Apr 1964". londonhearts.com. <a href="https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/resplayers/r00560.html" target="_blank">https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/resplayers/r00560.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Sports presenter and footballer Brian Marjoribanks dies at 82". BBC News. 12 August 2024. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdke3zeljvo" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdke3zeljvo</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Obituary: Tributes flood in for Falkirk Bairn Brian Marjoribanks as he dies at 82". Falkirk Herald. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024. <a href="https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/people/obituary-tributes-flood-in-for-falkirk-bairn-brian-marjoribanks-as-he-dies-at-82-4738721" target="_blank">https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/people/obituary-tributes-flood-in-for-falkirk-bairn-brian-marjoribanks-as-he-dies-at-82-4738721</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Sports presenter and footballer Brian Marjoribanks dies at 82". BBC News. 12 August 2024. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdke3zeljvo" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdke3zeljvo</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Obituary: Tributes flood in for Falkirk Bairn Brian Marjoribanks as he dies at 82". Falkirk Herald. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024. <a href="https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/people/obituary-tributes-flood-in-for-falkirk-bairn-brian-marjoribanks-as-he-dies-at-82-4738721" target="_blank">https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/people/obituary-tributes-flood-in-for-falkirk-bairn-brian-marjoribanks-as-he-dies-at-82-4738721</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Sports presenter and footballer Brian Marjoribanks dies at 82". BBC News. 12 August 2024. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdke3zeljvo" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdke3zeljvo</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Sports presenter and footballer Brian Marjoribanks dies at 82". BBC News. 12 August 2024. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdke3zeljvo" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdke3zeljvo</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Sports presenter and footballer Brian Marjoribanks dies at 82". BBC News. 12 August 2024. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdke3zeljvo" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdke3zeljvo</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>