- Allan McGraw
Allan McGraw (born 1939 in
Govan ,Glasgow ,Scotland [cite |author=Graeme Ross |title=Morton Greats |publisher=Breedon Books |date=2004] ) is a retired footballstriker and manager.He holds the record for most goals in a season in Scottish football,Fact|date=August 2007 a feat he achieved while playing for Greenock Morton. He finished as Morton's top goalscorer in five consecutive seasons, helping the club to two promotions and a
Scottish League Cup final appearance. He went on to play for Hibernian, where he scored a goal which meant that the club reached a League Cup final, but he took a number of pain killing injections in order to play while injured. This ruined his knees, causing great pain and necessating the use ofwalking stick s for the rest of his life. After leaving Hibs, he briefly played for Linfield and again for Morton.He later returned to Morton as manager and in the mid-1990s produced what is regarded as one of the greatest teams to ever play at
Cappielow . McGraw signed the twoFinn s,Marko Rajamäki andJanne Lindberg , and EnglishmanWarren Hawke , to complimentDerek McInnes , John Anderson,David Wylie andAlan Mahood , who he had brought through the system at Morton. The team were denied the chance to win promotion to the Scottish Premier Division by one goal in the 1995-96 season.Due to his two lengthy stays at Cappielow he is known as Mr. Morton, but he actually supports RangersFact|date=August 2007 as he was brought up in
Govan . He stood for election as an independent for West Renfrewshire in the 1999 Scottish Parliament election. His son Mark also played for both Morton and Hibs.References
*cite book| last=Jeffrey | first=Jim | title=The Men Who Made Hibernian F.C. since 1946 | publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd | year=2005 | isbn=0-7524-3091-2
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