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Place of birth
  
Glasgow, Scotland

1966–1969
  
Hibernian

Playing position
  
Forward

Name
  
Allan McGraw


Years
  
Team

Role
  
Football player

1961–1966
  
Greenock Morton

Position
  
Forward

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Date of birth
  
(1939-07-29) 29 July 1939 (age 76)

Warren Hawke congratulates Allan McGraw on his Hall of Fame induction


Allan McGraw (born 29 July 1939 in Govan, Glasgow, Scotland ) is a retired football striker and manager.

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He holds the record for most goals in a season in Scottish football, a feat he achieved while playing for Greenock Morton. He finished as Morton's top goalscorer in five consecutive seasons, helping the club to two promotions and a Scottish League Cup final appearance. He went on to play for Hibernian, where he scored a goal which meant that the club reached a League Cup final, but he took a number of pain killing injections in order to play while injured. This ruined his knees, causing great pain and necessitating the use of walking sticks for the rest of his life. After leaving Hibs, he briefly played for Linfield and again for Morton.

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He later returned to Morton as manager and in the mid-1990s produced what is regarded as one of the greatest teams to ever play at Cappielow. McGraw signed the two Finns, Marko Rajamäki and Janne Lindberg, and Englishman Warren Hawke, to complement Derek McInnes, John Anderson, David Wylie and Alan Mahood, who he had brought through the system at Morton. The team were denied the chance to win promotion to the Scottish Premier Division by one goal in the 1995-96 season.

He stood for election as an independent for West Renfrewshire in the 1999 Scottish Parliament election. His son Mark also played for both Morton and Hibs.

References

Allan McGraw Wikipedia