Andy Lochhead

Andy Lochhead

Personal information
Full name	Andrew Lorimar Lochhead
Date of birth	(1941-03-09) 9 March 1941
Place of birth	Milngavie, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960–1968	Burnley	226	(101)
1968–1970	Leicester City	44	(12)
1970–1973	Aston Villa	131	(34)
1973–1975	Oldham Athletic	45	(10)
1974	Denver Dynamos	20	(2)
International career
1962	Scotland U23	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrew Lorimar "Andy" Lochhead (born 9 March 1941) is a retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He was a tall, strong man, with great ability in the air leading to him scoring many headed goals.

Lochhead was born in Milngavie, Stirlingshire, Scotland. He started his career at Burnley and made his first team debut in 1960. He remains the only player to have scored five goals for the Clarets on two occasions.

In 1968 he was sold to Leicester City and appeared in their 1969 FA Cup Final 1-0 defeat against Manchester City.

He was sold to Aston Villa after the final and played in the 1971 Football League Cup Final for Villa. In 1972 following his contribution to the Villa's promotion to Division 2 he was voted the midlands footballer of the year in a write-in poll conducted by the Birmingham Evening Mail newspaper. In 1973 he was sold to Oldham Athletic. He had a brief spell in America with Denver Dynamos before retiring.

Lochhead now looks after the sponsors on match days for Burnley as well as being a member of the Dave Clark Five fan club.

Honours

As a player

Leicester City

• FA Cup finalist 1969

Aston Villa

• League Cup finalist 1971

References

• Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database