Graham Fyfe (footballer, born 1951)
{{Short description|Scottish footballer (1951–2022)}}
{{other people||Graham Fyfe (disambiguation){{!}}Graham Fyfe}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Graham Fyfe
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1951|8|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Motherwell, Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|04||1951|08|18|df=y}}
| height =
| position = Winger
| years1 = 1969–1976
| clubs1 = Rangers
| caps1 = 64
| goals1 = 22
| years2 = 1976–1977
| clubs2 = Hibernian
| caps2 = 10
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 1977–1979
| clubs3 = Dumbarton
| caps3 = 59
| goals3 = 11
| years4 = 1978
| clubs4 = → Adelaide City (loan)
| caps4 = 3
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1979–1980
| clubs5 = Pittsburgh Spirit (indoor)
| caps5 = 31
| goals5 = 37
| years6 = 1980–1983
| clubs6 = Cleveland Force (indoor)
| caps6 = 33
| goals6 = 38
| years7 = 1983–1984
| clubs7 = St. Louis Steamers (indoor)
| caps7 = 52
| goals7 = 34
| totalcaps = 252
| totalgoals = 143
}}
Graham Fyfe (18 August 1951 – 19 April 2022) was a Scottish professional footballer, best known for his time with Rangers, who played as a winger.
Career
Fyfe made his first appearance for Rangers at Ibrox in a league match against Heart of Midlothian on 25 March 1969. He started on the right wing in a 3–2 home win. He went on to make 70 appearances for the club, including the first match against Ajax in the first ever European Super Cup. Fyfe also scored 23 goals which was not bad at all from a midfielder.
He left to join Hibernian after seven seasons in Govan, but his stay in Edinburgh was short lived, as he moved on to Dumbarton the following year. He played at Boghead Park for two seasons before moving to the US to play with Major Indoor Soccer League sides Pittsburgh Spirit and Cleveland Force.
In 1980, Fyfe said that he had to leave Rangers because he had married a girl who was Catholic.{{cite book |title=The Old Firm |last=Murray |first=Bill |year=2000 |publisher=John Donald |location=Edinburgh |isbn=0-85976-542-3 |page=201}} However, the media of the period approached other Rangers players who had married Catholic women, including Bobby Russell (who played 370 games for Rangers), and they did not support Fyfe's claims.{{cite book |title=Rangers Player By Player |last=Ferrier |first=Bob & McElroy, Robert |year=1998 |publisher=Hamlyn |location=London |isbn=0-600-59495-5 |page=98}}
Fyfe signed with the St. Louis Steamers in 1983 and spent one season with them.[http://members.fortunecity.com/lori19/roster.html St. Louis Steamers Rosters] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524032426/http://members.fortunecity.com/lori19/roster.html |date=24 May 2011 }}
Death
Fyfe died in April 2022, at the age of 70.{{cite web|url=https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/rangers-pay-tribute-graham-fyfe-23725408|title=Rangers pay tribute to Graham Fyfe as UEFA Cup Winners' Cup club hero dies|work=Football Scotland|first=Euan|last=Robertson|date=19 April 2022|access-date=19 April 2022}}
Honours
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{NeilBrownPlayers|player/grahamfyfe}}
- [http://www.nasljerseys.com/MISL/Players/F/Fyfe.Graham.htm MISL stats]
- [http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/FOS.html#GrahamFyfe Graham Fyfe] as Aussie Footballers
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Category:Footballers from Motherwell
Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:Scottish Football League players
Category:National Soccer League (Australia) players
Category:Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players
Category:Hibernian F.C. players
Category:Dumbarton F.C. players
Category:Adelaide City FC players
Category:Pittsburgh Spirit players
Category:Cleveland Force (original MISL) players
Category:St. Louis Steamers (original MISL) players
Category:Scottish expatriate men's footballers
Category:Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States