Dick Graham

Dick Graham
Personal information
Full name Richard D. Graham[1][2]
Date of birth (1922-05-06)6 May 1922[2][3]
Place of birth Corby, England[1]
Date of death 7 March 2013(2013-03-07) (aged 90)[4]
Place of death Colchester, England[4]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Northampton Town
Leicester City
Southport (guest)
Crewe Alexandra (guest)
Crystal Palace (guest)
1944–1946 Leicester City
1946–1951 Crystal Palace 155 (0)
Total 155 (0)
Managerial career
1963–1966 Crystal Palace
1966–1968 Leyton Orient
1968 Walsall
1968–1972 Colchester United
1973–1974 Wimbledon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard D. Graham (6 May 1922 – 7 March 2013) was an English footballer and football manager who played and coached in the Football League. He played as a goalkeeper for Crystal Palace, making over 150 league appearances.

He went on to manage his former club, Crystal Palace, between 1963 and 1966. He would go on to manage Leyton Orient and Walsall. His greatest success came with Colchester United, most notably by defeating Don Revie's Leeds United 3–2 in an FA Cup fifth-round tie in February 1971, which was one of the biggest FA Cup shocks in the history of the competition. He also won the Watney Cup with Colchester, before resigning in 1972. He later managed Wimbledon between 1973 and 1974.

  1. ^ a b "Dick Graham – Crystal Palace FC Supporters' Website – The Holmesdale Online". The Holmesdale Online. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 326. ISBN 0907969542.
  3. ^ "Dick's Managerial Career". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Dick Graham: 1922–2013". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 8 March 2013.