Graham Hawkins information

Graham Hawkins
Personal information
Full name	Graham Norman Hawkins
Date of birth	5 March 1946
Place of birth	Darlaston, England
Date of death	27 September 2016 (aged 70)
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1962–1964	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years	Team
1964–1968	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1967	→ Los Angeles Wolves (loan)
1968–1974	Preston North End
1974–1978	Blackburn Rovers
1978–1979	Port Vale
Total
Managerial career
1982–1984	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1984–1987	Bahrain SC
1987–1989	Al Hala SC
1990	Al-Arabi SC
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Graham Norman Hawkins (5 March 1946 – 27 September 2016) was an English football player and manager. During a sixteen-year playing career in the English Football League, he made 502 league and cup appearances, scoring eleven goals. He spent fourteen years coaching and eight years in management and spent the later years of his life working as a football administrator.

A commanding defender, Hawkins began his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1964 and helped the club to win promotion out of the Second Division in 1966–67. He was sold to Preston North End for a £35,000 fee in January 1968. In six-and-a-half seasons with Preston, he made 269 league and cup appearances and also served as their captain as they won the Third Division title in 1970–71. He was sold to Blackburn Rovers for a fee of £18,000 in June 1974. He was named on the PFA Team of the Year as the club won the Third Division title in 1974–75. He made 131 league and cup appearances in three-and-a-half seasons at the club before being sold to Port Vale in January 1978 for £6,000. He worked as a player-coach but left the club in acrimonious circumstances during the 1979–80 season after being overlooked for the caretaker manager position.

He served Shrewsbury Town as assistant manager from June 1980 until he was appointed as manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers in August 1982. In his first season of management, 1982–83, he led the club to promotion out of the Second Division despite budget constraints. Wolves were relegated out of the First Division the following season, and Hawkins was sacked in April 1984. He then spent six years coaching in the Middle East, with Bahrain SC, Al Hala SC and Al-Arabi SC. He led Bahrain SC to the Bahraini Premier League title in the 1984–85 season. He later worked as Head of Player Development at the Football League and retired in March 2011.

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^ "Graham Hawkins Passes Away". Preston North End FC. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
^ Rollin, Jack (1980). Rothmans football yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 299. ISBN 0362020175. Retrieved 14 April 2020.

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[3] Rollin, Jack (1980). Rothmans football yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 299. ISBN 0362020175. Retrieved 14 April 2020.

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Personal information
Full name	Graham Norman Hawkins^[1]
Date of birth	(1946-03-05)5 March 1946^[1]
Place of birth	Darlaston, England^[1]
Date of death	27 September 2016(2016-09-27) (aged 70)^[2]
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)^[3]
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1962–1964	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1968	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	(0)
1967	→ Los Angeles Wolves (loan)
1968–1974	Preston North End	245	(3)
1974–1978	Blackburn Rovers	109	(4)
1978–1979	Port Vale	62	(3)
Total		450	(10)
Managerial career
1982–1984	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1984–1987	Bahrain SC
1987–1989	Al Hala SC
1990	Al-Arabi SC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals