- Adam Blacklaw
Football player infobox
playername = Adam Blacklaw
fullname = Adam Blacklaw
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1937|9|2|df=yes
cityofbirth =Aberdeen
countryofbirth =Scotland
position =Goalkeeper (retired)
years = 1956–1967
1967–1970
1970–1971
clubs = Burnley
Blackburn Rovers
Blackpool
caps(goals) = 0318 (0)
096 (0)
01 0(0)
nationalyears = 1963-1965
nationalteam =Scotland
nationalcaps(goals) = 003 0(0)
pcupdate = 18:52, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate = 18:52, 15 December 2007 (UTC)Adam Smith Blacklaw (born
2 September 1937 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish former professional football player who played as agoalkeeper .Blacklaw joined the Burnley ground staff as a schoolboy apprentice in 1954, earning a professional contract in October of that year.cite book | last = Lamming | first = Douglas | title = A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who’s Who, 1872-1986 | format = Hardback | publisher = Hutton Press | year = 1987 | id = (ISBN 0-907033-47-4) ] He made his first-team debut on
22 December ,1956 and spent over ten years with the "Clarets". During this time he earned a League championship medal in 1959-60 and anFA Cup runners-up medal in 1962. He joined Blackburn Rovers for £15,000 in 1967 and finished his career with short spells at Blackpool (1970) and Great Harwood.Blacklaw also represented Scotland at schoolboy, Under-23 and full international level. He made his debut in a 4-3 defeat by Norway in 1963 and gained a further two caps in 1963 and 1965 respectively.
Honours
;Burnley
*FA Cup finalists: 1962Notes
References
* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/adamblacklaw.htm Blacklaw's profile at Neil Brown's statistics site]
External links
* [http://www.claretsmad.co.uk/news/loadsngl.asp?cid=ED95 Article by Tony Scholes, Burnley Hall of Fame]
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