Andy McCombie

Andy McCombie
Personal information
Full name Andrew McCombie
Date of birth (1876-06-30)30 June 1876
Place of birth Inverness, Scotland
Date of death 28 March 1952(1952-03-28) (aged 75)
Place of death North Shields, England
Height 5 ft 9+12 in (1.77 m)[1]
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Inverness Thistle
1898–1904 Sunderland 157 (6)
1904–1910 Newcastle United 113 (0)
International career
1903–1905 Scotland 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew McCombie (30 June 1876 – 28 March 1952) was a Scottish international footballer who played at right back for North East England rival clubs Sunderland and Newcastle United.[2] He won the Football League championship with both clubs, and was twice on the losing side in the FA Cup final. He went on to have a long career as a coach with Newcastle.

  1. ^ Height and weight of Sunderland FC players, Athletic News, 15 September 1902 (via Play Up Liverpool)
  2. ^ (Smith 2013, p. 175)