Harry Gregg
Gregg (back row, fourth left) with the Manchester United team in 1963
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Henry Gregg | ||
| Date of birth | 27 October 1932 | ||
| Place of birth | Magherafelt, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | 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 | |||
| 1954–1964 | 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. |
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Henry "Harry" Gregg MBE (born 27 October 1932) is a former Northern Ireland international footballer and manager. He made 25 appearances for Northern Ireland as a goalkeeper and played for Manchester United during the reign of Sir Matt Busby, with a total of 247 appearances for the club. He is a survivor of the Munich air disaster in 1958. Gregg also played for Doncaster Rovers and Stoke City and later went into management with Carlisle United, Crewe Alexandra, Shrewsbury Town and Swansea City.
While an apprentice joiner, Gregg started his career with Windsor Park Swifts, the reserve team of Linfield, before signing for his local club Coleraine. At the age of 18 he earned a move across the Irish Sea to Doncaster Rovers. In December 1957 he transferred to Manchester United for £23,000, a world record fee for a goalkeeper at the time.
During his United career he kept a total of 48 clean sheets. He is sometimes called 'The Hero of Munich' because he pulled some of his team mates from the burning plane during the Munich air disaster – including Bobby Charlton, Jackie Blanchflower and Dennis Viollet. Among others he helped were Vera Lukić, the pregnant wife of a Yugoslav diplomat and her daughter, Vesna, as well as his badly injured manager Sir Matt Busby. George Best, who used to clean his boots, said, "Bravery is one thing but what Harry did was about more than bravery. It was about goodness."
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