Dougie Templeton was captain of Monarchs for nine years between 1960 and 1969. This covered the period when Monarchs reopened at Old Meadowbank. The closure of the stadium to make way for the Commonwealth games sent the team on the move to Coatbridge. Dougie stayed with Monarchs until the licence was sold to Wembley when he switched to Berwick and finished his career in the Borders.
The Edinburgh Evening News did a where on you now feature on Dougie on Wednesday. The article revealed that after years of staying away from speedway he is set to return to the terraces and hopes to become an Armadale regular. In recent years his involvement in speedway has been restricted to watching Elite League action on Sky Sports. He also intends to link up with the Veteran Riders Association after a session with Jimmy Tannock, Jim McMillan and Bert Harkins.
Templeton is now 72 and still helps with running of the family farm at Culross in Fife with son Douglas Junior.
He recalls his Scottish Open wins in 1960 and 1962 and the massive crowds of up to 12,00 that attended fixtures at Old Meadowbank. He also highlighted his tours to the Antipodes in the winter of 1966-67 when he took second place in the New Zealand Championship.
The Edinburgh Evening News article can be found at the following location:
Where are they now? Dougie Templeton