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Daniel Grey (c. 1848 – 26 February 1900) was a Welsh medical practitioner who was prominent in the early days of Welsh football, making two appearances for the Wales national football team in the 1870s.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | c. 1848 | ||
| Place of birth | New Mills, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 26 February 1900 (aged 51–52) | ||
| Place of death | Ruabon, Wales | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1876–1880 | Druids | ||
| International career | |||
| 1876–1878 | Wales | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Grey was born in New Mills, Lanarkshire in Scotland[citation needed] and attended Glasgow University. He obtained his medical qualifications in 1874, when he moved to Ruabon, near Wrexham, Denbighshire to start a medical practice.[1]
Grey was a keen sportsman and soon became one of the principals of the Druids club alongside Llewelyn Kenrick and the Thomson brothers, George and David. Grey became a founder member of the Football Association of Wales and attended the Association's inaugural Annual General Meeting at Shrewsbury on 24 May 1876.[1]
In 1876, he also took part in trials organized by Kenrick to select Welsh players to represent their country in a match against Scotland.[2] The match was played at Hamilton Crescent, Partick, the home of the West of Scotland Cricket Club on 25 March 1876, with Grey playing on the right wing.[3] The Welsh were well defeated, conceding four goals without reply.[4]
In 1877, Grey, described as "a busy player and tremendous worker",[1] played (and scored) for Druids in the inaugural Welsh Cup tie,[5] contributing £15 to the FAW's fund to purchase a trophy.[1] Druids reached the final on 30 March 1878, losing 1–0 to local rivals Wrexham.[6]
Grey's second international appearance came a week before the Cup Final, on 23 March 1878, in a 6–0 defeat by Scotland at the original Hampden Park.[7]
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Grey had retired from active playing by 1880, but continued to attend Druids and Wrexham matches as a spectator. In his medical capacity, he was often called upon to tend to injured players. In 1889, a Welsh Cup match between Wrexham and Westminster Rovers became particularly violent and Grey was called upon to lecture the players about their behaviour.[1]
Grey continued to live in Ruabon, where he died in February 1900 aged 51.[1][8]
He was buried in Rhosymedre Church Cemetery.[9]
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