Andy Black (footballer)

Football player infobox
playername = Andy Black
fullname = Andrew Black
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1917|9|23|df=y
cityofbirth = Stirling
countryofbirth = Scotland
height =
position = Inside forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1935-1939
1946-1950
1950-1953
clubs = Heart of Midlothian
Manchester City
Stockport County
caps(goals) = 067 (64)
139 (47)
094 (38)
nationalyears = 1937-1938
nationalteam = Scotland
nationalcaps(goals) = 003 0(3)
manageryears =
managerclubs =

Andrew "Andy" Black (born 23 September 1917 in Stirling) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside forward.

Black was a prolific scorer with Heart of Midlothian before World War II, scoring 29 goals in 34 games in the 1936-37 season, before finishing as top scorer in the Scottish League with 40 goals in 38 appearances in the following season. He was widely credited the following season as being the first player to score a hat-trick against Rangers at Ibrox.cite book| first=Douglas| last=Lamming| title=A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who's Who| publisher=Hutton Press| year=1987| id=ISBN 0-907033-47-4| pages=21-22] However this had been first achieved by Willie Wilson of Hearts in Oct 1915. [http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/games/19151016.html Rangers 0 Hearts 4 Oct 16 1915] ] He won 3 caps for the Scotland national football team and 4 wartime caps, including one game where he had to be carried off of the pitch by Frank Swift after becoming injured.

Black played as a guest for Chester during the latter stages of the Second World War but the club were unsuccessful in their attempts to sign him permanently [cite book | author=Chas Sumner | title=On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City 1885-1997 | year=1997| pages= p.60 |id=ISBN 1-874427-52-6] .

Black transferred to Manchester City in 1946 and between then and 1950 appeared 139 times and scored 47 goals. He finished his career with Stockport County in 1953.

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