Eddie Gray (footballer born 1948)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edwin Gray | ||
| Date of birth | 17 January 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1965–1966 | Leeds United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1983 | Leeds United | 454 | (52) |
| National team | |||
| 1969–1977 | Scotland | 12 | (3) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1982–1985 | Leeds United | ||
| 1985–1986 | Whitby Town | ||
| 1986–1988 | Rochdale | ||
| 1988–1989 | Hull City | ||
| 2003–2004 | Leeds United (caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Edwin "Eddie" Gray (born 17 January 1948 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland) was a cultured winger who was an integral member of the legendary Leeds United football team of the 1960s and 1970s, later twice becoming the club's manager.
In 2000, Gray was voted as the third Greatest Leeds United player of all time, surpassed only by his club captain, Billy Bremner (No. 1) and John Charles (No. 2). He was also voted into the Greatest Leeds United team of all time. His two goals against Burnley in 1970 feature in Leeds United's Greatest 100 goals – the second of which is widely regarded as the greatest Leeds United goal of all time and recently featured in The Times as one of the five greatest ever goals.
Gray is currently working on LUTV commentating on both home and away Leeds United matches with Thom Kirwin. On 9 May 2013, Gray was also appointed as Leeds United football Ambassador. Gray was also inducted into the English Hall of Fame on 25 September 2013 at an awards evening in Manchester.
Gray was a schoolboy international for Scotland. He had aspirations of signing for his boyhood team Celtic, but signed professional forms with Leeds United at the age of 16. He made his first team debut on New Year's Day 1966, less than three weeks before his 18th birthday, and would go on to play for the club for almost 20 years. A winger in the classic mould, Gray was feted in world football for his ability to beat opposing full backs for skill, pace and thought. As the Leeds team grew in stature and experience through the 1960s, Gray became a vital component of the team.
In 1968 he was in the Leeds team which won the League Cup and the Fairs Cup double, scoring winning goals in both semi finals, including a memorable individual goal against Brian Clough's Derby County in the semi final of the League cup. He was then an important part of the team that won League championship a year later, making 33 appearances and scoring 5 goals, during a season in which United would score a record number of championship points and lose only two matches along the way to conquering the title. However it was in 1970 that he would make his most famous appearance in a Leeds shirt.
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