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George Gray (1920s footballer)

George R. Gray (fl. 1920–1952) was an English footballer who played in the Football League as a wing half for Swansea Town and Northampton Town in the 1920s. He began his senior career with West Hartlepool, and was on the books of Bury without representing them in the league. He went on to work for Sunderland as trainer, then took full-time charge of the treatment room, and did some scouting. He acted as trainer to the England team when they played Wales at Roker Park in 1950.

His son, also a George Gray, played League football as a half back for Grimsby Town, Swindon Town and Darlington in the 1950s.

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George Gray (footballer, born 1925)

George James Pope Gray (7 July 1925 – 1995) was an English footballer who played in the Football League as a wing half for Grimsby Town, Swindon Town and Darlington.

Life and career

Gray was born in Sunderland, the son of George Gray and his wife Vera Lister. Gray senior played League football as a wing half for Swansea Town and Northampton Town in the 1920s, and went on to become trainer of Sunderland.

Gray began his senior career as an amateur with Derby County in 1945, but left the club two years later, without having represented them in the league, and joined First Division club Grimsby Town. He made his debut in October 1950, some three-and-a-half years later, by which time they were playing the Second Division, and played twice more before moving on to Third Division South club Swindon Town at the end of the season.

He played intermittently at the start of the 1951–52 season, but established hiself in the first team ahead of Ted Batchelor and appeared in most of Swindon's matches from mid-December onwards. He helped the team reach the fifth round (last 16) of the 1951–52 FA Cup, a run which included wins against Second Division runners-up Cardiff City and First Division Stoke City. He kept his place at the start of the next season, but Batchelor was preferred from October onwards, and Gray finished his Swindon career with 53 appearances in all competitions.