Andy Provan

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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 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)
1973–1974Philadelphia Atoms (loan) 39 (20)
1974–1976 Torquay United 91 (14)
Bath City
International career
1961 Scotland U18 2 (0)
* 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] He made two appearances for the Scotland national under-18 team in 1961.[4]

Provan died from complications from Alzheimer's disease in Torquay, on 11 May 2023, at the age of 79.[5]

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