Andy Graver
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Martin Graver | ||
| Date of birth | 12 September 1927 | ||
| Place of birth | Craghead, England | ||
| Date of death | 18 January 2014 (aged 86) | ||
| Place of death | York, England | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Quaking House Juniors | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Willington | ||
| – | Annfield Plain | ||
| 1949–1950 | Newcastle United | 1 | (0) |
| 1950–1954 | Lincoln City | 170 | (106) |
| 1954–1955 | Leicester City | 11 | (3) |
| 1955 | Lincoln City | 15 | (4) |
| 1955–1957 | Stoke City | 37 | (12) |
| 1957–1958 | Boston United | 46 | (31) |
| 1958–1961 | Lincoln City | 89 | (33) |
| 1961–1962 | Skegness Town | ||
| 1962–1964 | Ilkeston Town | ||
| Total | 369 | (189) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Andrew Martin "Andy" Graver (12 September 1927 – 18 January 2014) was an English footballer who scored 158 goals from 323 games playing in the Football League for Newcastle United, Lincoln City, Leicester City and Stoke City.
Graver is Lincoln City's all-time leading scorer, and topped the poll as the club's supporters voted for their "100 League Legends". He spent three separate spells with Lincoln, interspersed with big-money transfers to Leicester City and Stoke City and appearances for Boston United in the Midland League. He finished his career in non-League football with Skegness Town and Ilkeston Town.
Graver was born in Craghead, County Durham in 1927. His father, Fred, played professional football in the 1920s. He worked as a coal miner while playing for Willington and then for Annfield Plain. He signed for Newcastle United as a professional footballer before the 1947–48 season, and played regularly for the reserve team in the Central League, but his only game for Newcastle's first team came on 21 January 1950, standing in for the injured Jackie Milburn in a First Division match at home to Manchester City which finished 1–1. In September 1950, Lincoln City manager Bill Anderson persuaded the player to sign for the Third Division club for a fee of £5,000.
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