Harry Gregg
Henry Gregg, (27 October 1932 – 16 February 2020) was a Northern Irish professional footballer and manager.
 Harry Gregg before a Manchester United game in Rotterdam in 1963 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Henry Gregg[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 27 October 1932 | ||
| Place of birth | Magherafelt, Northern Ireland | ||
| Date of death | 16 February 2020 (aged 87) | ||
| Place of death | Coleraine, Northern Ireland | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Windsor Park Swifts | |||
| Coleraine | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1952–1957 | Doncaster Rovers | 94 | (0) |
| 1957–1966 | Manchester United | 210 | (0) |
| 1966–1967 | Stoke City | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 306 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1954–1963 | Northern Ireland | 25 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1968–1972 | Shrewsbury Town | ||
| 1972–1975 | Swansea City | ||
| 1975–1978 | Crewe Alexandra | ||
| 1986–1987 | Carlisle United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
A goalkeeper, he played for Manchester United, with a total of 247 appearances for the club. He was a survivor of the Munich air disaster in 1958.
Gregg also played for Doncaster Rovers and Stoke City, as well as making 25 appearances for the Northern Ireland national team between 1954 and 1964.
He later went into management with Carlisle United, Crewe Alexandra, Shrewsbury Town and Swansea City.
Gregg died on 16 February 2020 of a short-illness in Coleraine, County Londonderry, aged 87.[2]
Statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Doncaster Rovers | 1952–53 | Second Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1953–54 | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1954–55 | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1955–56 | Second Division | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 0 | |||
| 1956–57 | Second Division | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 42 | 0 | |||
| 1957–58 | Second Division | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 0 | |||
| Total | 94 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 99 | 0 | ||||
| Manchester United | 1957–58 | First Division | 19 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| 1958–59 | First Division | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| 1959–60 | First Division | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 1960–61 | First Division | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 1961–62 | First Division | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 1962–63 | First Division | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 1963–64 | First Division | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| 1964–65 | First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1965–66 | First Division | 26 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| 1966–67 | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 210 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 247 | 0 | ||
| Stoke City | 1966–67 | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | 306 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 348 | 0 | ||
Harry Gregg Media
Manchester United F.C. in 1960 – from the left, standing: Maurice Setters, Bill Foulkes, Ronnie Cope, Harry Gregg, Albert Scanlon, Bobby Charlton. Front row: Unknown, Albert Quixall, Dennis Viollet, Shay Brennan, Joe Carolan.
Gregg (back row, fourth left) with the Manchester United team in Rotterdam in 1963
References
- ↑ "Harry Gregg". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ↑ Harry Gregg: Munich air disaster hero and Northern Ireland goalkeeping great dies. 17 February 2020. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51400376. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
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