Andy Graver

Andy Graver
Personal information
Full name Andrew Martin Graver[1]
Date of birth (1927-09-12)12 September 1927[1]
Place of birth Craghead,[1] England
Date of death 18 January 2014(2014-01-18) (aged 86)[1]
Place of death York,[1] England
Position(s) 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 (18)
Total 369 (189)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Martin 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.[2]

Graver is Lincoln City's all-time leading scorer,[3] and topped the poll as the club's supporters voted for their "100 League Legends".[4] 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 and Southern League. He finished his career in non-League football with Skegness Town and Ilkeston Town.

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  2. ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 246. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
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