Graham Sissons

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Graham Sissons
Personal information
Full name	John Graham Sissons
Date of birth	May 20, 1934
Place of birth	Chester-le-Street, England
Playing position	Defender
Youth clubs
	Country Girl
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1954–1962 1962–1964 1964–1968 1968–19??	Birmingham City Peterborough United Walsall Stourbridge	090 0(0) 068 0(0) 098 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

John Graham Sissons, known as Graham Sissons, (born May 20, 1934 in Chester-le-Street, County Durham) is an English former footballer who played as a defender. He made over 250 appearances in the Football League for Birmingham City, Peterborough United and Walsall, and played in both legs of the 1961 final of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which Birmingham lost to A.S. Roma. For Birmingham, he was used as Trevor Smith's deputy at centre half, and later replaced George Allen at left back.

[edit] Honours

• with Birmingham City
  • Inter-Cities Fairs Cup runner-up 1961

[edit] References

• Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books, pp. 124, 192–98. ISBN 1-85983-010-2. 
• Walsall: 1946/47 - 2006/07. Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved on 2007-11-05.

Persondata
NAME	Sissons, Graham
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sissons, John Graham
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1934-05-20
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH