Jackie Graham
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Joseph Graham | ||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Central midfielder, inside left | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Clydebank Strollers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1966 | Morton | 6 | (1) |
| 1966–1969 | Dundee United | 27 | (10) |
| 1967 | → Dallas Tornado (loan) | 11 | (4) |
| 1969–1970 | Guildford City | (20) | |
| 1970–1980 | Brentford | 374 | (38) |
| 1980–1985 | Addlestone & Weybridge Town | ||
| Farnborough Town | |||
| Hounslow Town | |||
| Woking | |||
| Burnham & Hillingdon | |||
| Staines Town | |||
| Total | 418 | (73) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1986–1987 | Staines Town | ||
| 1990 | Staines Town (joint-caretaker manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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John Joseph "Jackie" Graham (born 16 July 1946 in Glasgow) is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager who played as a central midfielder and inside left. He is best remembered for the decade he spent in the Football League with Brentford, making over 400 appearances for the club. Graham was voted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in December 2013.
Graham began his career in his native Scotland in 1965 with Scottish League Division One side Morton, scoring one goal in six league appearances for the club, before departing at the end of the 1965–66 season.
Graham moved to fellow top-flight side Dundee United for a £15,000 fee in the summer of 1966. He failed to progress at Tannadice, making just 27 appearances over the course of three seasons, scoring 10 goals. He departed the club at the end of the 1968–69 season.
Graham moved to the United States to play for United Soccer Association side Dallas Tornado on loan during the 1967 season. He scored four goals in 11 appearances in a dire season for the Tornado.
Graham moved to England in the summer of 1969, joining Southern League Division One side Guildford City. He later revealed that the move was brought about because his girlfriend lived in the city. Graham scored 20 goals from the inside left position during the 1969–70 season, attracting the interest of Football League clubs. He felt he was "getting mucked about quite a bit" by Guildford, after league clubs Wolverhampton Wanderers, Oxford United, Cardiff City, Coventry City and Leeds United all pulled out of deals to sign him, due to Guildford's fee demands.
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