Personal information | |||
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Full name | Henry Gregg[1] | ||
Date of birth | 27 October 1932 | ||
Place of birth | Tobermore, Northern Ireland | ||
Date of death | 16 February 2020 | (aged 87)||
Place of death | Coleraine, Northern Ireland | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
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) | |
International career | |||
1954–1963 | Northern Ireland | 25 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1968–1972 | Shrewsbury Town | ||
1972–1975 | Swansea City | ||
1975–1978 | Crewe Alexandra | ||
1986–1987 | Carlisle United | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Henry Gregg OBE (27 October 1932 – 16 February 2020) was a Northern Irish professional footballer and manager. A goalkeeper, he played for Manchester United during the reign of Sir Matt Busby, 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 1963, including at the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He later went into management with Carlisle United, Crewe Alexandra, Shrewsbury Town and Swansea City.