Graham Sissons

{{short description|English footballer}}

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{{Use British English|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Graham Sissons

| image =

| fullname = John Graham Sissons{{Hugman|18091|accessdate=9 December 2016}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1934|5|20}}

| birth_place = Chester-le-Street, England

| height =

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Country Girl

| years1 = 1954–1961 | clubs1 = Birmingham City{{efn|Some sources list Sissons with 90 League appearances, an error which possibly stems from Matthews (1995) mistakenly attributing an appearance in Birmingham's match against Blackburn Rovers in March 1961 to George Allen.{{cite web |url=http://www.enfa.co.uk/ |title=Matches: Saturday, March 25, 1961 |website=English National Football Archive |accessdate=18 March 2020 |url-access=subscription}}{{cite news |title=Birmingham are in confident mood |newspaper=Sports Argus |location=Birmingham |date=25 March 1961 |page=8}}}} | caps1 = 91 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1961–1964 | clubs2 = Peterborough United | caps2 = 68 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1964–1968 | clubs3 = Walsall | caps3 = 98 | goals3 = 1

| years4 = 1968–19?? | clubs4 = Stourbridge

}}

John Graham Sissons (born 20 May 1934) is an English former footballer who played as a defender. He made more than 250 appearances in the Football League for Birmingham City, Peterborough United and Walsall,{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player10/grahamsissons.html |title=Graham Sissons |publisher=Neil Brown |website=UK A–Z Transfers |accessdate=28 August 2015}} and played in both legs of the 1961 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final, which Birmingham lost to Roma. For Birmingham, he was used as Trevor Smith's deputy at centre half, and later replaced George Allen at left back.{{cite book |first=Tony |last=Matthews |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |date=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |pages=124, 192–98 |isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}}