Researching Andy Paton
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6700 people with the Paton surname? In that year Paton was ranked number 609 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Andy means "Form of ANDREW - manly" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Andy Paton on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Andy Paton and the Paton Family History
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 8134 people with the Paton surname in the UK? Paton is now ranked number 722 for popularity in the UK. |
Paton Family Tree Databases
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Paton Forums
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Some Famous People called Andy Paton
Andy Paton
Andrew Paton (2 January 1923 – 8 February 2014) was a Scottish football player and manager.
A Centre half, Paton played primarily for Motherwell, with a short spell at Hamilton Academical late in his career, and he then managed Hamilton for nine years. He won the Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Division Two with Motherwell – having joined as a teenager from the Junior level during World War II – and in 2006 was voted the club's 'greatest ever player'. On 10 November 2020, it was announced that Paton was to be inducted into the Motherwell F.C. Hall of Fame.
He appeared three times for Scotland; his debut came in January 1946 against Belgium (considered official by the national associations, unlike two other fixtures he played in the same immediate post-war period) and his second and third appearances were made on a summer 1952 tour of Scandinavia. At the time of his death in 2014 (aged 91), he was the oldest surviving Scotland international.
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