Andy Black (footballer)
Andrew Black (23 September 1917 – 16 February 1989)[3][4] was a Scottish footballer, who played as an inside forward.Black was a prolific scorer with Heart of Midlothian before World War II, scoring 29 goals in 34 games in the 1936–37 season, before finishing as top scorer in the Scottish League with 40 goals in 38 appearances in the following season.[5][1] He was widely credited the following season as being the first player to score a hat-trick against Rangers at Ibrox;[6] however this had been first achieved by Willie Wilson, also of Hearts, in October 1915.[7] Black played as a guest for Chester during the latter stages of the war but the club were unsuccessful in their attempts to sign him permanently.In a match during the late 1940s at Maine Road, the Charlton Athletic goalkeeper Sam Bartram sliced a clearance from the edge of his penalty area.