{{short description|English footballer}} {{for|the English musician|Andy Yorke}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Andy York | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1894|6|14|df=y}}<ref name=LCFCarchive/><ref name="register">''1939 England and Wales Register''</ref> | birth_place = Blyth, England | death_date = 1977 (aged 83)<ref name="death">''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007''</ref> | death_place = Northumberland, England<ref name="death"/> | height = {{height|ft=5|in=10+1/2}}<ref>{{cite news |title=The lure of promotion. Coventry City |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=13 August 1923 |page=6}}</ref> | position = Left back | youthyears1 = – | youthclubs1 = | years1 = – | clubs1 = Sleekburn Albion | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = – | clubs2 = Bedlington United | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = – | clubs3 = Blyth Spartans | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 1921 | clubs4 = Sunderland | caps4 = 1 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = – | clubs5 = Coventry City | caps5 = 16 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = – | clubs6 = Northampton Town | caps6 = 24 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 1927–1930 | clubs7 = Lincoln City | caps7 = 106 | goals7 = 6 | years8 = – | clubs8 = Newark Town | caps8 = | goals8 = | years9 = – | clubs9 = Scarborough | caps9 = | goals9 = }} '''Andrew York'''{{#tag:ref|His surname is spelt "York" in birth and death records, as well as the ''Lincoln City FC Archive''<ref name=LCFCarchive>{{cite web |url=http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=york01 |title=Andrew York |work=The Lincoln City FC Archive |publisher=Lincoln City F.C |accessdate=19 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924085745/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=york01 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the ''English National Football Archive'',<ref name=ENFA>{{cite web |url=http://www.enfa.co.uk/ |title=Player search |work=English National Football Archive |accessdate=30 September 2013 |url-access=registration }}<!-- note this info is available without paid subscription, so not the same reference as the templated paywalled player profile --></ref> but Joyce's ''Football League Players' Records''<ref name=Joyce>{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |page=290 |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}</ref> and the Sunderland-related source ''The Stat Cat''<ref name=StatCat>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Match.aspx?MatchID=3598&LU=S&LUID=43 |title=1921-22: Football League Division 1&nbsp;– Match 9 |work=The Stat Cat |accessdate=19 April 2013}}</ref> both misspell it York'''e'''.|group=lower-alpha}} (14 June 1894 – 1977) was an English professional footballer who made 147 appearances in the Football League playing for Sunderland, Coventry City, Northampton Town and Lincoln City. He played as a left back.<ref name=Joyce/> York was born in Blyth, Northumberland. He began his career in local football in his native north-east of England before signing for Sunderland,<ref name=Joyce/> for whom he played just once in the First Division<ref name=StatCat/> before moving south to play for Coventry City in the Second Division and for Third Division clubs Northampton Town and Lincoln City.<ref name=Joyce/> Already well into his thirties when he signed for Lincoln, he found himself playing regular first-team football for the first time in his career&nbsp;– he missed only four matches in his first two seasons&nbsp;– and helped them reach runners-up spot in 1927–28. He made 114 appearances in all competitions for Lincoln<ref name=LCFCarchive/> before finishing his career in non-league football with Newark Town and Scarborough. He died in 1977.<ref name=Joyce/>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:York, Andy}} Category:1894 births Category:1977 deaths Category:Footballers from Blyth, Northumberland Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football full-backs Category:Bedlington United A.F.C. players Category:Blyth Spartans A.F.C. players Category:Sunderland A.F.C. players Category:Coventry City F.C. players Category:Northampton Town F.C. players Category:Lincoln City F.C. players Category:Newark Town F.C. players Category:Scarborough F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:Date of death missing Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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