Andy Black (footballer)
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| Andy Black | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Black | |
| Date of birth | 23 September 1917 | |
| Place of birth | Stirling, Scotland | |
| Playing position | Inside forward | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1935-1939 1946-1950 1950-1953 |
Heart of Midlothian Manchester City Stockport County |
67 (64) 139 (47) 94 (38) |
| National team | ||
| 1937-1938 | Scotland | 3 (3) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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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.[1] However this had been first achieved by Willie Wilson of Hearts in Oct 1915.[2] 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 [3].
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.
[edit] References
- ^ Lamming, Douglas (1987). A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who's Who. Hutton Press, 21-22. ISBN 0-907033-47-4.
- ^ Rangers 0 Hearts 4 Oct 16 1915
- ^ Chas Sumner (1997). On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City 1885-1997, p.60. ISBN 1-874427-52-6.
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