Andy Lochhead

Football player infobox


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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1941|3|9
cityofbirth = Milngavie, Glasgow
countryofbirth = Scotland
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position = Striker
years = 1960-68
1968-70
1970-73
1973-75
clubs = Burnley
Leicester City
Aston Villa
Oldham Athletic
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Andy Lochhead (born 9 March 1941 in Glasgow) is a retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He was a tall strong man, with great ability in the air leading to him scoring many headed goals.

Andy started his career at Burnley who made his first team debut in 1960. He remains the only player to have scored five goals for the Clarets on two occasions.

In 1968 he was sold to Leicester and appeared in their 1969 FA Cup final defeat against Manchester City.

He was sold to Aston Villa after the final and played in the 1971 League Cup final for Villa. In 1972 following his contribution to the Villa's promotion to Division 2 he was voted the midlands footballer of the year in a write-in poll conducted by the Birmingham Evening Mail newspaper.

In 1973 he was sold to Oldham Athletic.

He had a brief spell in America with Denver before retiring.

Lochhead now looks after the sponsors on match days for Burnley.

Honours

As a player

Leicester City F.C.

* FA Cup finalist 1971

Aston Villa F.C.

* League Cup finalist 1971