{{short description|Scottish footballer (1944–2023)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Use British English|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Andy Provan | image = | caption = | full_name = Andrew McKelvie Hughes Provan | birth_date = {{birth date|1944|1|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Greenock, Scotland | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|5|11|1944|1|1|df=y}} | death_place = Torquay, England | height = 5ft 5in<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball0000unse_x5p3 |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook. 1976–77 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |year=1976 |isbn=978-0-362-00259-1 |editor-last=Vernon |editor-first=Leslie |location=London |pages=382 |editor-last2=Rollin |editor-first2=Jack}}</ref> | position = Winger | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = Port Glasgow | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1961–1963 | clubs2 = St Mirren | caps2 = 8 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1963–1964 | clubs3 = Barnsley | caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 1964–1968 | clubs4 = York City | caps4 = 160 | goals4 = 49 | years5 = 1968–1970 | clubs5 = Chester | caps5 = 82 | goals5 = 18 | years6 = 1970–1972 | clubs6 = Wrexham | caps6 = 51 | goals6 = 10 | years7 = 1972–1974 | clubs7 = Southport | caps7 = 83 | goals7 = 28 | years8 = 1973–1974 | clubs8 = → Philadelphia Atoms (loan) | caps8 = 39 | goals8 = 20 | years9 = 1974–1976 | clubs9 = Torquay United | caps9 = 91 | goals9 = 14 | years10 = – | clubs10 = Bath City | caps10 = | goals10 = | nationalyears1 = 1961 | nationalteam1 = Scotland U18 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/drewprovan.html |title=Drew Provan |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=3 October 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://nasljerseys.com/Players/P/Provan.Andy.htm |title=Andy Provan |work=NASL Jerseys |publisher=Dave Morrison |accessdate=3 October 2009}}</ref> He made two appearances for the Scotland national under-18 team in 1961.<ref>{{cite book |title=A Record of Post-war Scottish League Players 1946/47 to 2017/18 |version=7 |publisher=John Litster and Scottish Football Historian magazine |date=2018}}</ref>
Provan died from complications from Alzheimer's disease in Torquay, on 11 May 2023, at the age of 79.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.southportfootballclub.co.uk/rip-andy-provan|title=RIP Andy Provan |work=Southport F.C.|date=14 May 2023 |accessdate=14 May 2023}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{1973 NASL All-Stars}}
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