Personal information | |||
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Full name | Richard D. Graham[1][2] | ||
Date of birth | [2][3] | 6 May 1922||
Place of birth | Corby, England[1] | ||
Date of death | 7 March 2013[4] | (aged 90)||
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.