Andrew Paton (2 January 1923 – 8 February 2014) was a Scottish football player and

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, Paton played primarily for Motherwell, with a short spell at

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late in his career, and he then managed Hamilton for nine years. He won the

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and

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with Motherwell – having joined as a teenager from the Junior level during

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– and in 2006 was voted the club's 'greatest ever player'. On 10 November 2020, it was announced that Paton was to be inducted into the Motherwell F.C. Hall of Fame. He appeared three times for

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; his debut came in January 1946 against

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(considered official by the national associations, unlike two other fixtures he played in the same immediate post-war period) and his second and third appearances were made on a summer 1952 tour of

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. At the time of his death in 2014 (aged 91), he was the oldest surviving Scotland international.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paton, Andy 1923 births 2014 deaths Scottish footballers Footballers from Irvine, North Ayrshire Association football central defenders Scotland international footballers Scotland wartime international footballers Motherwell F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish football managers Hamilton Academical F.C. managers Kello Rovers F.C. players Irvine Meadow XI F.C. players Scottish Football League managers Association football player-managers