Andy Gray (footballer, born 1955)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Gray | ||
| Date of birth | 30 November 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1970–1973 | Clydebank Strollers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1975 | Dundee United | 62 | (46) |
| 1975–1979 | Aston Villa | 113 | (54) |
| 1979–1983 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 133 | (38) |
| 1983–1985 | Everton | 49 | (14) |
| 1985–1987 | Aston Villa | 54 | (5) |
| 1987 | → Notts County (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1987–1988 | West Bromwich Albion | 35 | (10) |
| 1988–1989 | Rangers | 14 | (5) |
| 1989–1990 | Cheltenham Town | 20 | (7) |
| Total | 513 | (185) | |
| National team | |||
| 1975–1985 | Scotland | 20 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Andrew Mullen "Andy" Gray (born 30 November 1955 in Glasgow) is a Scottish retired footballer who played for several clubs in Scotland and England whilst also representing his country. He was the lead football pundit for Sky Sports, until his dismissal in January 2011 following multiple allegations of sexism. Gray, along with former Sky Sports anchor Richard Keys, then signed for talkSPORT in February 2011. They now both work for beIN Sports in Doha, Qatar.
Gray started his professional career as a player with Dundee United where he scored 46 goals in 62 appearances.
In October 1975, at the age of 19, he moved south to Aston Villa (newly promoted to the First Division) and won England's golden boot in 1976/77 with his tally of 25 league goals. His 29 goals in the following season earned him the PFA Young Player of the Year and PFA Players' Player of the Year awards (a historic double not repeated until Cristiano Ronaldo won both awards 30 years later and Gareth Bale won both in 2013). At the time he was the youngest player to earn the Players' Player of the Year award, and the first player to win more than one of the official three player of the year awards in the same season.
Gray then moved to Villa's local rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers in September 1979 for a then-English record £1.5m. After scoring the winning goal for Wolves in the 1980 League Cup final, he remained with the club through their relegation in 1982 (despite interest from Manchester United) and promotion a year later.
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