Len Graham
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| Len Graham | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | William George Leonard Graham | |
| Date of birth | 17 October 1925 | |
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| Date of death | September 30, 2007 (aged 81) | |
| Place of death | Blackpool, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |
| Playing position | Full-back | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
-1949 1949-1958 1958-1959 1959-1060 |
Linfield Swifts Brantwood Doncaster Rovers Torquay United Ards |
303 (3) 20 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1951-1958 | Northern Ireland | 14 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1959-1960 | Ards | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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William George Leonard 'Len' Graham (17 October 1925 - 30 September 2007) was a Northern Irish international footballer. He played at full-back and won 14 caps for Northern Ireland and also represented the Irish Football Association.
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[edit] Biography
Graham began his career playing as an inside-forward with Linfield Swifts, but began playing as a fullback after joining Brantwood. In October 1949 he becamse one of Doherty's first signings for Doncaster Rovers, although had to wait until 18 March 1950 for his debut, a 2-0 home win against Wrexham. Doncaster were promoted to Division Two at the end of that season and Graham soon became a regular.
On 7 March 1951, Graham made his debut for Northern Ireland in a 2-1 defeat at home to Wales and was a regular in the Northern Irish side until the end of 1955 when Willie Cunningham replaced him. Graham was a member of the 1958 Northern Ireland World Cup, but didn't play in the tournament. He did however make one further appearance for Northern Ireland, on 4 October 1958 in a 3-3 draw at home to England, their first game after the World Cup Finals.
Doncaster had been relegated to Division Three in 1958 and in November that year Graham left to join Fourth Division Torquay United. He left at the end of the season to be player-manager of Northern Irish side Ards, but left Ards in 1960.[1]
[edit] Retirement
Graham later worked as first-team coach at Stoke City and from 1967 at Blackpool before retiring in 1975.
He died on 30 September 2007.[2]
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