Andrew Kerr (29 June 1931 – 24 December 1997) was a Scottish
footballer
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, who played for
Partick Thistle,
Manchester City,
Kilmarnock,
Sunderland,
Aberdeen
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,
Inverness club
Caledonian in the
Highland Football League and also
Glentoran
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History
Early history
In 1914, Glentoran won the Vienna Cup, becoming the first United Kingdom team to win a European t ...
in the
Northern Ireland Football League
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.
Kerr started his career with
Lugar Boswell Thistle in the
Scottish Juniors having been born in the village of
Lugar. Kerr also won two caps for
Scotland
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, both of them in 1955. He was initially a
defender and achieved his international recognition in that position, but achieved greater success at club level after being converted to a
centre forward.
Blast From The Past – Celtic
Partick Thistle F.C.
Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. The club have been mem ...
, 25 September 2019
References
External links
Profile
at ''AFC Heritage Trust''
Profile
at ''The Stat Cat''
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1931 births
1997 deaths
Footballers from East Ayrshire
Men's association football forwards
Scottish men's footballers
Scotland men's international footballers
Partick Thistle F.C. players
Manchester City F.C. players
Kilmarnock F.C. players
Sunderland A.F.C. players
Aberdeen F.C. players
Glentoran F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
English Football League players
NIFL Premiership players
Scottish Junior Football Association players
Scottish Football League representative players
Lugar Boswell Thistle F.C. players
Scotland men's B international footballers
Men's association football defenders
People from Lugar, East Ayrshire