Lewis Albert Goram (2 July 1926 – January 1989) was a Scottish professional

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goalkeeper. He played in the

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for Leith Athletic and Third Lanark and in the English

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for Bury. Goram played for Leith Athletic before joining Hibernian in 1948. He did not play for the Hibernian first team and moved to Third Lanark in 1949,1949-50 – Third Lanark 2, Rangers 2
Sunday Post, 17 May 2020, via PressReader featuring in 9 league games. In 1950 he moved to Bury where he played 114 league games. On leaving Bury he played for

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and

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before retiring from the game. His son, Andy, was also a professional football goalkeeper who won 43 caps for

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. He also has a daughter, Diane, with his first wife June.

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1926 births 1989 deaths Footballers from Edinburgh Scottish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Leith Athletic F.C. players Hibernian F.C. players Third Lanark A.C. players Bury F.C. players Mossley A.F.C. players Buxton F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players English Football League players 20th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-goalkeeper-stub