Harry Gregg

Henry Gregg, OBE (27 October 1932 – 16 February 2020) was a Northern Irish professional footballer and manager.

Harry Gregg

Harry Gregg before a Manchester United game in Rotterdam in 1963
Personal information
Full name	Henry Gregg[1]
Date of birth	(1932-10-27)27 October 1932
Place of birth	Magherafelt, Northern Ireland
Date of death	16 February 2020(2020-02-16) (aged 87)
Place of death	Coleraine, Northern Ireland
Position(s)	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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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

References

1. "Harry Gregg". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
2. "Harry Gregg: Munich air disaster hero and Northern Ireland goalkeeping great dies". BBC Sport. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.

Other websites

• Official website