Graham Paddon

Infobox Football biography
playername = Graham Paddon


fullname = Graham Charles Paddon
dateofbirth = birth date|1950|8|24|df=y
cityofbirth = Manchester
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = death date and age|2007|11|19|1950|8|24|df=y
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height =
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1968-1969
1969-1973
1973-1976
1976-1981
1978
1981
clubs = Coventry City
Norwich City
West Ham United
Norwich City
→ Tampa Bay Rowdies (loan)
→ Millwall (loan)
caps(goals) = 005 0(1)
162 (19)
115 (11)
128 0(6)
025 0(5)
005 0(1)

Graham Charles Paddon (24 August 1950 – 19 November 2007) was an English footballer who played as a midfielder.

Paddon made five League appearances for Coventry City, scoring one goal, before signing for Norwich City in October 1969 for £25,000. He played with the promotion winning team of 1972, and the team that reached the 1973 League Cup Final.

After 290 League appearances and 25 goals for the Canaries, Paddon joined West Ham United for £170,000 in 1973. He made 150 League and cup appearances and scored 20 goals in his three years at West Ham, featuring in the FA Cup Final of 1975 and the European Cup Winners' Cup Final of 1976. He also played in the Charity Shield match against Derby County at the beginning of the 1975-76 season. In 1975, West Ham sent him on loan to the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League. [ [http://nasljerseys.com/Players/P/Paddon.Graham.htm NASL stats] ]

Paddon rejoined Norwich for £110,000 in November 1976, and later played in the United States with the Tampa Bay Rowdies. On his return to England, he had a spell at Millwall where he made 5 League appearances and scored one goal. He finished his career in Hong Kong with Eastern AA.

In August 1985, Paddon joined the coaching staff at Portsmouth, working under Alan Ball. He moved to Stoke City to become Ball's assistant in October 1989, but returned to the south coast to work as Jim Smith's number two in the spring of 1991. In March 1995, the pair were sacked. Paddon later worked as a scout for Derby County, again under Jim Smith.

Paddon died at his home in Norfolk on 19 November 2007. [cite news | title = Canaries legend dies| publisher = www.eveningnews24.co.uk| date =2007-11-19| url =http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/sport/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=Sport&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=Sport&itemid=NOED19%20Nov%202007%2011%3A43%3A27%3A277| accessdate =2007-11-19]

References

*cite book |last=Hogg |first=Tony |title=Who's Who of West Ham United |year=2005 |publisher=Profile Sports Media| id= ISBN 1 903135 50 8 |pages=92
*"Canary Citizens" by Mike Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), ISBN 0-7117-2020-7
* [http://www.lalamy.demon.co.uk/whulist.htm "West Ham Player List"] , last accessed January 15 2007
* [http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=510&united=Graham_Paddon Graham Paddon] , "westhamstats.info", last accessed January 15 2007

External links

* [http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/paddon.htm Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk]
* [http://www.lastingtribute.co.uk/famousperson/paddon/2676481 Graham Paddon - Obituary]