Graham Davies
{{short description|Welsh footballer}}
{{for|the Welsh Anglican priest|Graham James Davies}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Graham Davies
| image =
| fullname = Graham Gilding Davies{{cite web |title=Colchester United - Player profile |url=http://coludata.co.uk/player.asp?pid=158 |publisher=Coludata.co.uk |accessdate=13 April 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130504232636/http://coludata.co.uk/player.asp?pid=158 |archive-date=4 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}
|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1921|10|03}}
| birth_place = Swansea, Wales
| death_date = {{Death year and age|2003|1921}}
| position = Goalkeeper
| youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Swansea Town
| years1 = 1947–1949 |clubs1 = Watford |caps1 = 9 |goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1949 |clubs2 = Colchester United |caps2 = 2 |goals2 = 0
| years3 = |clubs3 = Hereford United |caps3 = |goals3 =
| years4 = |clubs4 = Merthyr Tydfil |caps4 = |goals4 =
| totalcaps = 11 | totalgoals = 0
}}
Graham Gilding Davies (3 October 1921 – 2003) was a Welsh footballer who played in the Football League as a goalkeeper for Colchester United.
Career
Davies, born in Swansea, played for Swansea Town as a youth but failed to make a first-team appearance for the club. He moved to Football League club Watford in 1947 where he made nine appearances.{{cite web |title=WATFORD:1946/47-2011/12 |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/watford/watford.html |publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database |accessdate=13 April 2013 }} He joined Southern League side Colchester United in 1949, making two league appearances.{{cite web |title=Colchester United - Appearances |url=http://coludata.co.uk/appearances.asp?sid=8&cid=2&tid=All&act=all |publisher=Coludata.co.uk |accessdate=13 April 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130504224623/http://coludata.co.uk/appearances.asp?sid=8&cid=2&tid=All&act=all |archive-date=4 May 2013 |url-status=dead }} Davies made his debut for Colchester on 28 April 1949 in a 3–0 win over Worcester City{{cite web |title=Colchester United - Match details - Colchester Utd 3–0 Worcester City |url=http://coludata.co.uk/matchdetails.asp?mid=293 |publisher=Coludata.co.uk |accessdate=13 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130505002936/http://coludata.co.uk/matchdetails.asp?mid=293 |archivedate=5 May 2013 |df= }} and his final appearance came just two matches later in the Southern League Cup final which resulted in a 3–0 defeat for the U's versus Yeovil Town.{{cite web |title=Colchester United - Match details - Yeovil Town 3–0 Colchester Utd |url=http://coludata.co.uk/matchdetails.asp?mid=295 |publisher=Coludata.co.uk |accessdate=13 April 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505001939/http://coludata.co.uk/matchdetails.asp?mid=295 |archive-date=5 May 2013 |url-status=dead }} Davies would later play for Hereford United and returned to Wales to play for Merthyr Tydfil. He died in 2003.
Honours
;Colchester United
- 1948–49 Southern League Cup runner-up
:''All honours referenced by:{{cite web
| title = Southern League Cup
| url = http://www.coludaybyday.co.uk/Statistics/Player%20Stats/PlayerHonours/PlayerSouthernLeagueCup.html
| publisher = Coludaybyday.co.uk
| accessdate = 13 April 2013
| archive-date = 21 August 2016
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160821215910/http://www.coludaybyday.co.uk/Statistics/Player%20Stats/PlayerHonours/PlayerSouthernLeagueCup.html
| url-status = dead
}}''
References
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Category:Footballers from Swansea
Category:Welsh men's footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Swansea City A.F.C. players
Category:Colchester United F.C. players
Category:Hereford United F.C. players
Category:Merthyr Tydfil F.C. players