Andy Provan

Andy Provan
Personal information
Full name Andrew McKelvie Hughes Provan
Date of birth (1944-01-01)1 January 1944
Place of birth Greenock, Scotland
Date of death 11 May 2023(2023-05-11) (aged 79)
Place of death Torquay, England
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Port Glasgow
1961–1963 St Mirren 8 (0)
1963–1964 Barnsley 3 (0)
1964–1968 York City 160 (49)
1968–1970 Chester 82 (18)
1970–1972 Wrexham 51 (10)
1972–1974 Southport 83 (28)
1973–1974 → Philadelphia Atoms (loan) 39 (20)
1974–1976 Torquay United 91 (14)
– Bath City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew McKelvie Hughes Provan (1 January 1944 – 11 May 2023), also known as Drew Provan, was a Scottish footballer who played as a winger in the Scottish Football League for St Mirren, in the Football League for Barnsley, York City, Chester, Wrexham, Southport and Torquay United, and in the North American Soccer League for the Philadelphia Atoms.[2][3]

Provan died from complications from Alzheimer's disease in Torquay, on 11 May 2023, at the age of 79.[4]

References

  1. ^ Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack, eds. (1976). Rothmans Football Yearbook. 1976–77. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 382. ISBN 978-0-362-00259-1.
  2. ^ "Drew Provan". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Andy Provan". NASL Jerseys. Dave Morrison. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
  4. ^ "RIP Andy Provan". Southport F.C. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.


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