Allan McGraw - Inducted into Scottish Ha'll of Fame

[iwasthere1972]

Think he only played about 60 games for us but I was there the night he scored against Dundee at Tynecastle when we beat them 2-1 in the semi final of the League Cup in October 1968.

Great player. Great memories.

[Firestarter]

That the former Morton manager?

[iwasthere1972]

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That the former Morton manager?

[DarlingtonHibee]

Before my time but from what I've read he was a great player and a gentleman.

[oneone73]

Part of the first Hibs team I memorised: Wilson Duncan Davis Stanton Madsen McGraw Scott Quinn Stein Cormack Stevenson.

[iwasthere1972]

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Part of the first Hibs team I memorised: Wilson Duncan Davis Stanton Madsen McGraw Scott Quinn Stein Cormack Stevenson.

Me too. The names just run off your tongue. Can't imagine anyone doing the same in 50 years time with today's team.

[madsen5]

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Me too. The names just run off your tongue. Can't imagine anyone doing the same in 50 years time with today's team.

Great player I was there as well if I remember correctly was he not injured and came back on limping and scored the winner.
Or is my memory going .

[iwasthere1972]

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Great player I was there as well if I remember correctly was he not injured and came back on limping and scored the winner.
Or is my memory going .

I know he was injured.

[vahibbie]

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Great player I was there as well if I remember correctly was he not injured and came back on limping and scored the winner.
Or is my memory going .

That's what I remember also. One of my favourite games that one.

[CentreLine]

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Part of the first Hibs team I memorised: Wilson Duncan Davis Stanton Madsen McGraw Scott Quinn Stein Cormack Stevenson.

Add me to the list for whom that was our first team. Happy memories standing at the centre line from the east terrace

[blackpoolhibs]

That is the first team that i could reel off without thinking, i remember that game, and he did play up front because he was injured.

Not sure of the crowd, but it seemed huge although i was only 8.

[iwasthere1972]

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That is the first team that i could reel off without thinking, i remember that game, and he did play up front because he was injured.

Not sure of the crowd, but it seemed huge although i was only 8.

Just under 20K.

[ronaldo7]

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Great player I was there as well if I remember correctly was he not injured and came back on limping and scored the winner.
Or is my memory going .

A big bandage round his knee, and he slid in on the 6 yard box to score. I was there.

Courtesy of Tom Wright, Hibs Historical Trust.

Originally a centre half with Renfrew Juniors, Allan McGraw soon discovered that he was better at scoring goals than stopping them. Joining Morton in 1961 he quickly became a goalscoring sensation and would eventually achieve the British goalscoring record of 58 goals in the one season, 51 in the league from just 35 games and another seven in cup ties including the equaliser against Hibs in the 1963 League Cup Semi Final and the winning goal in the replay.
After five seasons at Cappielow during which time he had scored the phenomenal total of 116 goals from just 137 games he was snapped up by the Hibs manager Bob Shankly for around £18,000 just in time for the start of the 1966/67 season.
Perhaps surprisingly considering his phenomenal goalscoring record he would soon be moved back to wing half but still managed to score 23 goals during his three seasons at Easter Road. He is probably best remembered for scoring the winner against Dundee in the 1968 League Cup semi final at Tynecastle with his leg heavily bandaged and appearing incapable of movement.
During his career he would receive several pain killing injections that would ultimately lead to a long term injury that would not only shorten his career, but would require the use of walking sticks in later life. After a short spell as a guest player with Toronto City he would later sign for Linfield before a return to Morton. His old injury however would severely curtail his playing career and he would later manage the Cappielow side for several years.

[blackpoolhibs]

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Just under 20K.

Christ i thought it was much more than that?

[Feed McGraw]

Congratulations Allan, a well deserved honour. Lets have a wee rendition of your song : " Feed McGraw, McGraw, he`s ayeways on the ba`, Feed McGraw, Feed McGraw.

[iwasthere1972]

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Congratulations Allan, a well deserved honour. Lets have a wee rendition of your song : " Feed McGraw, McGraw, he`s ayeways on the ba`, Feed McGraw, Feed McGraw.

Sang that a few times.

[Feed McGraw]

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Sang that a few times.

Great days. Great player.

[Firestarter]

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Good guy with a massive contribution to football well deserved. Derek McInness learned a lot from him.

[Stantons Angel]

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Great player I was there as well if I remember correctly was he not injured and came back on limping and scored the winner.
Or is my memory going .

He went off the field for treatment and came back on with his knee all strapped up and during a "stramash in the goalmouth" the ball hit of his knee and into the net. This goal won us the game that night!

[IberianHibernian]

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Think he only played about 60 games for us but I was there the night he scored against Dundee at Tynecastle when we beat them 2-1 in the semi final of the League Cup in October 1968.

Great player. Great memories.

So that was the year that the final was delayed till spring cause of fire at Hampden ? Dundee used to bring a big crowd to ER for cup matches in early 70s so 68 semi must have been a big occasion .

[southsider]

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So that was the year that the final was delayed till spring cause of fire at Hampden ? Dundee used to bring a big crowd to ER for cup matches in early 70s so 68 semi must have been a big occasion .

By the time the delayed final come around in the Spring of 1969 we had sold Colin Stein to the Huns and his replacement, Joe McBride was cup tied. Lost 6-2 and were 6-0 down when my dad took me home in tears.

[madsen5]

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He went off the field for treatment and came back on with his knee all strapped up and during a "stramash in the goalmouth" the ball hit of his knee and into the net. This goal won us the game that night!

Good to know one bit of my brains working!
He really deserves this honour for his contribution to
The game.

[eastterrace]

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By the time the delayed final come around in the Spring of 1969 we had sold Colin Stein to the Huns and his replacement, Joe McBride was cup tied. Lost 6-2 and were 6-0 down when my dad took me home in tears.

Yes I left a 6-0 , it was the start of cup finals were we never really got into them as we were always goals down early doors, until that great day in May


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[PeeJay]

Great club servant and THAT goal at Tynecastle in the LC semi is what legends are made of, surely - pity there are no highlights on utube or whatever ...

[Roxyhibee]

Ali McGraw was a big Hibby name for me in the 60's. My dad took me and my best mate (who was a Jambo) along to the semi - he mentioned it just the other week, how he remembered it clearly and hated that Hibs had won that night.! Haha..

Yes, the long awaited Final after the fire, no Stein and after the game (which I remember as being quite a sunny hot day.?) heading to our green double decker SMT bus 6 nil down.. Devastated.

Well done though Ali. Thoroughly deserved.

[Onion]

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A big bandage round his knee, and he slid in on the 6 yard box to score. I was there.

Courtesy of Tom Wright, Hibs Historical Trust.

Originally a centre half with Renfrew Juniors, Allan McGraw soon discovered that he was better at scoring goals than stopping them. Joining Morton in 1961 he quickly became a goalscoring sensation and would eventually achieve the British goalscoring record of 58 goals in the one season, 51 in the league from just 35 games and another seven in cup ties including the equaliser against Hibs in the 1963 League Cup Semi Final and the winning goal in the replay.
After five seasons at Cappielow during which time he had scored the phenomenal total of 116 goals from just 137 games he was snapped up by the Hibs manager Bob Shankly for around £18,000 just in time for the start of the 1966/67 season.
Perhaps surprisingly considering his phenomenal goalscoring record he would soon be moved back to wing half but still managed to score 23 goals during his three seasons at Easter Road. He is probably best remembered for scoring the winner against Dundee in the 1968 League Cup semi final at Tynecastle with his leg heavily bandaged and appearing incapable of movement.
During his career he would receive several pain killing injections that would ultimately lead to a long term injury that would not only shorten his career, but would require the use of walking sticks in later life. After a short spell as a guest player with Toronto City he would later sign for Linfield before a return to Morton. His old injury however would severely curtail his playing career and he would later manage the Cappielow side for several years.

Alan McGraw was one of my very first Hibs heroes for the winner he scored in that semifinal when badly injured. Was later horrified to hear how all the injections he received during his career lead to long term problems. Still a hero.

[ancient hibee]

Remember vividly how he got the ball into the net and then bashed his injured knee against the post as he slid in.Full of guts.

[Colr]

His son Mark played for Hibs for a bit as well.

[Ómaigh-Hib]

Oops: I missed the heading, and started to wonder what the beautiful star of "Love Story" had to do with Scottish football.

(That's Ali McGraw - actress - to all you philistines.)

[southsider]

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Oops: I missed the heading, and started to wonder what the beautiful star of "Love Story" had to do with Scottish football.

(That's Ali McGraw - actress - to all you philistines.)

Who will now be coming up for 80 years old !