- Malcolm Graham (footballer)
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Malcolm Graham Personal information Full name Malcolm Graham Date of birth 26 January 1934 Place of birth Crigglestone, Wakefield, England Playing position Striker Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† ?–1953 Hall Green 1953–1959 Barnsley 109 (35) 1959–1960 Bristol City 1960–1963 Leyton Orient 75 (29) 1963–1964 Queens Park Rangers 21 (7) 1964–1965 Barnsley 20 (5) 1965–? Buxton Alfreton Town * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Malcolm Graham (born 26 January 1934 in Crigglestone, West Yorkshire) is an English former footballer who played as a striker, mainly for Barnsley and Leyton Orient.
Graham joined Barnsley from non-league Hall Green in 1953, while still working as a miner at Haigh Colliery.[1] He stayed with Barnsley for several seasons, but left when the club was relegated at the end of the 1958–59 season. After a brief spell at Bristol City, he moved to Leyton Orient for £8000 on 20 June 1960.[1]
At Orient, Graham was part of the team that gained promotion to the First Division in 1961–62, scoring both goals in the 2–0 win over Bury that sent them up on the last day of the season. He was joint top scorer with Dave Dunmore in Orient's single season in the top flight, scoring a hat-trick in the 9–2 thrashing of Chester in the League Cup.[1] However, he left Orient at the end of that season to join Queens Park Rangers. Only staying for one season, he returned to Barnsley before moving back into non-league football.
Graham retired due to a long-standing knee injury while playing for Alfreton Town, and later worked for the East Midlands Gas Board.[2]
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Categories:- 1934 births
- English footballers
- Association football forwards
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
- Barnsley F.C. players
- Bristol City F.C. players
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- People from Wakefield
- Living people
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