Cyril Grant

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Cyril Grant

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1920|7|10}}

| death_date = {{death year and age|2002|1920}}

| birth_place = Wath-on-Dearne, England

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| position = Forward

| years1 = 1938–1946 | clubs1 = Lincoln City | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1946–1947 | clubs2 = Arsenal | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1947–1948 | clubs3 = Fulham | caps3 = 14 | goals3 = 4

| years4 = 1948–1955 | clubs4 = Southend United | caps4 = 175 | goals4 = 63

| years5 = | clubs5 = Gravesend & Northfleet | caps5 = | goals5 =

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Cyril Grant (10 July 1920 – 2002) was an English professional footballer. He was born in Wath, Yorkshire.

Grant started his career with Lincoln City during World War II as a centre forward. He was transferred to Arsenal in August 1946 as a possible replacement for Ted Drake, but he spent only five months with the club. During this time he played two league matches before being transferred to Fulham in January 1947 as part of a swap deal for Ronnie Rooke.{{cite book | last=Harris|first=Jeff|editor-last=Hogg|editor-first=Tony | title=Arsenal Who's Who | publisher=Independent UK Sports | year=1995 | isbn=978-1-899429-03-5 | page= 174 }}

He scored four goals in fourteen league matches for Fulham, but he left the club in March 1948 for Southend United of the Third Division South. In seven years with the club, he scored 64 goals in 183 matches.{{cite web | url=http://sufcdb.co.uk/index.php?option=com_indplay&Itemid=61&pno=303 | title=Cyril Grant | work=SUFC Database | access-date=10 February 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424090819/http://sufcdb.co.uk/index.php?option=com_indplay&Itemid=61&pno=303 | archive-date=24 April 2016 | url-status=dead }} He finished his career with Gravesend & Northfleet.