Arthur Duncan

Who is Arthur Duncan?

Arthur Duncan is a retired Scottish football player, who was capped six times by Scotland and currently holds the record for the most number of league appearances for Hibernian.

Duncan played for Hibernian from 1969 until 1984. He featured in the teams of the 1970s managed by Eddie Turnbull, which were known as Turnbull's Tornadoes. This team won the Scottish League Cup in 1972 and finished second in the league in 1974 and 1975, which was Hibs' greatest period of sustained success since the Famous Five team of the early 1950s. A highlight of Duncan's time at Hibs was when he scored twice in the club's 7–0 victory at the home of arch rivals Hearts on 1 January 1973.

Towards the end of this period, Duncan won international recognition, making his Scotland debut against Portugal on 13 May 1975. Duncan featured in the three Home Internationals that season, including the infamous 5–1 defeat by England at Wembley. Duncan won the last of his six caps later that year against Denmark. Coincidentally, this was the game that was marred by an incident afterwards where five players were allegedly ejected from a nightclub in Copenhagen.