Graham Cross

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Graham Cross
Full name	Graham Frederick Cross
Date of birth	November 15, 1943 (1943-11-15) (age 64)
Place of birth	Leicester, England
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1960-1976 1975-1976 1976-1977 1977-1979 1978-1979	Leicester City → Chesterfield (loan) Brighton & Hove Albion Preston North End Lincoln City	498 (29) 012 0(0) 046 0(3) 045 0(1) 019 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:13, 5 May 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Graham Frederick Cross (born 15 November 1943 in Leicester) is a former professional footballer and cricketer.

He played for Leicester City as a centre-half, where he holds the record for the most appearances for the club with 599 between 1961 and 1975. He went on to join Brighton & Hove Albion and then Preston North End.

He also represented Leicestershire as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler between 1961 and 1977. In 83 first-class matches, he scored 2,079 runs (average 18.39), highest score 78 with eight fifties and 61 catches. He took 92 wickets (average 29.95), best bowling 4/28. In 51 ListA matches, he scored 701 runs (average 20.61), highest score 57* with three fifties and 17 catches. He took 63 wickets (average 20.23), best bowling 4/11.
Appearing irregularly because of his football commitments, Cross was nevertheless a good enough player to find a place in Ray Illingworth's successful county side of the late seventies. Cross's last appearance came when the side was striken by illness in May 1977. A scratch side had to be assembled to play Hampshire at Grace Road in the B&H Cup. Showing his habitual adaptability, he kept wicket for the only time during his career.