Adam Drury (footballer, born 1978)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adam James Drury | ||
| Date of birth | 29 August 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Cottenham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1995 | Peterborough United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–2001 | Peterborough United | 150 | (2) |
| 2001–2012 | Norwich City | 326 | (4) |
| 2012–2014 | Leeds United | 13 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Bradford City (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| Total | 501 | (6) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Adam James Drury (born 29 August 1978) is an English former professional footballer who last played for Leeds United as a left back. Drury is best known for his eleven-year spell at Norwich City, where he captained the club, and is a member of their Hall of Fame.
Drury started his career at Peterborough United making his debut for the club in 1995. In total he made 150 league appearances for Peterborough United before leaving the club for Norwich.
Drury joined Norwich City from Peterborough United in March 2001 for £500,000. Drury was a left-back and a regular for the Canaries since he signed for the club. He was voted Norwich City player of the year in 2002–03. Norwich manager Nigel Worthington appointed Drury team captain the following season and he led the team to the Division One Championship. Drury was presented with the trophy as captain on the balcony of Norwich City Hall in front of tens of thousands of supporters.
In the close season of 2004 Norwich signed competition for Drury in the shape of the experienced Simon Charlton from Bolton Wanderers but Charlton often ended up playing in the centre of defence with Drury retaining his place on the left. Loss of form during the 2004–05 Premier League season did lead to Drury being dropped for a short time and he was relieved of the captaincy (which passed to Craig Fleming) until the start of the 2006–07 season when he was re-instated. Towards the end of the 2004–05 season he found his form again and turned in an outstanding display as part of the Norwich team that beat Manchester United 2–0 at Carrow Road. He continued to be a key member of the Norwich squad on their return to the Championship for season 2005–06. Norwich manager Nigel Worthington named Drury as Norwich City captain for the 2006–07 season, though Worthington's successor Peter Grant awarded the captaincy to Jason Shackell at the beginning of the 2007–08 campaign.
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