Andy Malcolm

Andrew Malcolm (4 May 1933 – 26 December 2013) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing-half in the Football League for West Ham United, Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers.

Career The son of a train driver, Malcolm was born above a grocery in Upton Park, a short distance from the Boleyn Ground. He joined West Ham United in 1948 from Dury Falls Secondary School in Hornchurch, and worked in the club office as well as playing. With experience of international football as captain of England Schoolboys, he became the first West Ham player to represent England Youth in April 1948 when he played all three games of the International Youth Football Association Tournament, which ended with England beating Netherlands in the Final.

Malcolm made his Eastern Counties League debut for the West Ham 'A' team in January 1949. He signed professional forms with the club in July 1950 and received a £10 signing on fee. His debut in the Football Combination came the following month, and he played his first London Midweek League fixture in October. The game ended 1–1, and West Ham lost the replay after Malcolm pulled a thigh muscle.

Malcolm was a member of the team that gained Ted Fenton's West Ham promotion as champions of the Second Division in 1957–58. He played in every league game of the campaign, the only player to do so, and scored his first three goals for the club.

The following season, 1958–59, saw a sixth-place finish in the First Division, with Malcolm again an ever-present. A dispute with manager Tommy Docherty saw Malcolm hand in a transfer request. This was declined, but a move to Third Division club Queens Park Rangers for £10,000 was to come in October 1962. He made 84 League appearances for QPR under Alec Stock, although an eye injury threatened to end his career in 1964–65.

Upon his return to England, Malcolm played for Southern League club Brentwood Town for the 1967–68 season. West Ham club anthem "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" played at his funeral.

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Honours West Ham United Second Division winner: 1957–58 Football Combination Cup winner: 1953–54 Essex Professional Cup winner: 1958–59 Southern Floodlight Cup runner-up: 1959–60

Individual Hammer of the Year: 1958