John Graham (football player, 1873)
John Graham | ||
Personnel | ||
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birthday | 1873 | |
place of birth | Northumberland , England | |
position | Center Forward | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
Blyth FC | ||
1893-1894 | Newton Heath | 4 (0) |
1 Only league games are given. |
John Graham (* 1873 in Northumberland ; † unknown) was an English football player .
Career
Graham came in November 1893 from Blyth FC from his home region of Northumberland as a test player to Manchester for Newton Heath , which played in the Football League First Division . A few months earlier, the Heathians from the same club had already signed Joe Cassidy , who played a decisive role in staying up in 1893. Graham convinced those in charge at Newton Heath and received a professional contract. Just a few days later he made his league debut as a center forward on November 11, 1893 in a 1-0 win - one of only six wins this season - against Wolverhampton Wanderers . The center forward position was otherwise mostly occupied by Bob Donaldson in the course of the season , Graham came up to January 1894 in the storm row around John Peden and Alf Farman to three more missions, but remained in the three defeats without a goal. After Newton Heath finished last in the table at the end of the season and lost 2-0 in the "test match" against Liverpool , first in the Second Division , the club was relegated from the First Division and Graham was not committed beyond the end of the season.
literature
- Michael Joyce: Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . 2nd revised edition. Soccerdata, Nottingham 2004, ISBN 1-899468-67-6 , pp. 194 .
- Garth Dykes: The United Alphabet - A Complete Who's Who of Manchester United FC ACL & Polar Publishing Ltd., Leicester 1994, ISBN 0-9514862-6-8 , pp. 9 f .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Graham, John |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1873 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Northumberland |
DATE OF DEATH | after 1893 |