Graham Lovett
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Graham John Lovett | ||
| Date of birth | 5 August 1947 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheldon, Warwickshire, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cockshut Hill | |||
| Sheldon Heath | |||
| Sheldon | |||
| 1964 | West Bromwich Albion | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1972 | West Bromwich Albion | 114 | (8) |
| 1971 | → Southampton (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1972–19?? | Worcester City | ||
| 19??–19?? | Solihull Borough | ||
| 19??–1977 | Greaves | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Graham John Lovett (born 5 August 1947) is an English retired footballer who played most of his career as a midfielder for West Bromwich Albion, where he was on the winning sides for the 1966 Football League Cup Final and the 1968 FA Cup Final. His was forced to retire from the game at 26, following two serious car crashes.
Lovett was born in Sheldon, Warwickshire and attended Cockshut Hill and Sheldon Heath schools, whom he represented at football, as well as playing for the Birmingham & County Schools team. At school, he initially intended to follow a career in accountancy, but following the death of his father while Graham was studying for his A levels, his plans changed and he took up the offer of an apprenticeship from West Bromwich Albion in February 1964.
Lovett signed as a professional in November 1964 and made his first team debut within three weeks as Albion lost 2–0 at home to Chelsea. As a youngster he was compared by his manager, Jimmy Hagan, to Duncan Edwards, the Manchester United and England player who had died in the Munich air disaster in 1958. Lovett was profiled in a matchday programme in which the writer explained how Lovett had acquired his nickname of "Shuv":
Graham drives an eight-year-old car which cost him £150 – and gets his leg pulled by the first teamers about the number of times it needs "a shove".
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