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Leeds United Reserve Team Players:
Surname | Forename/aka | Debut Date | Leeds Career | Position | POB | DOB | DOD | Details |
Gadsby | Kenneth Joseph/Ken | 02-09-1936 | 1934-1948 | FB | Chesterfield | 03-07-1916 | 13-06-2003 | He joined Leeds in October 1934 from Middlecliffe Rovers he made the Reserves less than two years later and made his first team debut in March 1937 and had established himself in the first team early in the 1938-39 season and was picked for the F.A. party that toured South Africa at the end of that season. He made eighty-seven appearances in peacetime and another eighty-four in wartime games for Leeds. He left Leeds in 1948 and became the player-manager of King's Lynn. (Leeds United Player Details) |
Galvin | Christopher/Chris | 07-09-1968 | 1967-1973 | OL | Huddersfield | 24-11-1951 | | Joined Leeds in 1967, straight from school. He represented Yorkshire at Cricket at schoolboy level. Initially a midfielder he was used as a winger with an eye for goal and turned professional in November 1968 and represented England Youth. A player of great promise, he soon made the Reserve team and played his first game for the first team as a substitute in the European Cup in November 1969, before going on to score once in twelve starts and five games from the bench in all competitions. He joined Hull City in August 1973 and while there he was loaned to York City, where he scored six goals in twenty-two starts in December 1976, and he left to join Stockport County in April 1979, after scoring eleven goals in one hundred and thirty-two starts and eleven games from the bench while with the Tigers. He went on to score seven goals in sixty-eight League games, which included one from the bench, while at Edgeley Park, before leaving for Hong Kong in June 1971.(Leeds United Player Details) |
Gascoigne | Thomas Clinton/Tom | 01-10-1921 | 1921-1924 | WH | Scotswood | 04-11-1899 | 00-00-1991 | Signed in May 1921 from Scotswood, he made just twenty appearances with the United first team. He was an able deputy for Harry Sherwin and others and gave United fine service until he left on a free transfer at the end of the 1923-24 season when he joined Doncaster Rovers. He was a regular with Rovers and scored three goals in fifty-five League appearances before moving to Bradford City in the 1925-26 season. There he scored once in twenty-one League games, before leaving at the end of the 1926-27 season. He then joined Tranmere Rovers but did not play a game for them. (Leeds United Player Details) |
Gavin | Mark Wilson/Mark | 07-10-1980 | 1980-1985 | WH/W | Baillieston | 10-12-1963 | | Though Scottish-born he was raised in Durham and played his early football in the Hartlepool area, playing for his local school association and Durham Schoolboys. Initially a midfield player he joined Leeds as an Apprentice and signed professional forms in December 1981. Though he played many Junior and Reserve games for Leeds he found it hard to establish himself in the first team and in five years he scored just five goals in thirty games for the first team, of which ten were as a substitute. He had a loan spell back in familiar territory in Hartlepool in March 1985, making seven starts, but then left Leeds in July 1985 to join Carlisle United. He become somewhat of an itinerant player, regularly on the move from club to club for the rest of his career. He scored once in twelve starts and one game from the bench at Brunton Park before moving to Bolton Wanderers in March 1986. At Burnden Park he scored three goals in forty-eight starts and one game from the bench before leaving for Rochdale in August 1987. There he scored six goals in twenty-three starts before moving north of the border, on 6th February 1988, to join Heart of Midlothian for £30,000 and made his debut on 26th March 1988 in a 2-0 home win over Greenock Morton, and went on to start six games and come on as a substitute in three more before being sold to Bristol City on 1st October 1988 for £35,000. At Ashton Gate he scored six times in sixty-two starts and another seven from the bench. He then went to Watford for £250,000 in August 1990 but failed to live up to the fee paid and after eight starts and five games from the bench, he went back to Bristol City in December 1991. He scored twice in thirty-four starts and seven from the bench. In February 1994 he moved to Exeter City where he scored four goals in seventy-three starts and four from the bench. In August 1996he joined Scunthorpe United and started ten games and was a substitute once before returning home to Hartlepool United in September 1997, where he made three substitute appearances before retiring. (Leeds United Player Details) |
Gater | Derek | 28-02-1953 | 1950-1954 | HB | | | | Signed in November 1950 from Swillington Welfare, he featured with both the Reserves and "A" team spasmodically, but never had first team pretentions. He left Leeds at the end of the 1953-54 season. He featured in the local Leagues later, playing with Swillington Welfare in 1962-63 and Selby in 1967-68, before going on to be player/manager with them the following season and was Trainer with Robin Hood Athletic in 1973-74. |
Gennoe | Terence William/Terry | 29-03-1975 | 1975-1975 | Gk | Shrewsbury | 16-03-1953 | | He started with Bricklayers Sports and joined Bury in June 1973, where he started three League games before leaving for Halifax Town in May 1975. With David Harvey injured in a motor accident they had only David Stewart as an experienced goalkeeper and the inexperienced Glan Letheren, so Gennoe came as cover and played several Reserve team games in final two months of the season, before signing for Halifax. He later enjoyed a successful career, starting seventy-eight League games at the Shay before moving to Southampton in February 1978. He was by no means a regular at the Dell, but started thirty-six League games before being loaned to Crystal Palace in January 1981, where he started three League games. Blackburn Rovers signed him in August 1981 and he had ten good seasons at Ewood Park, starting two hundred and eighty-nine League games. |
George | | 28-01-1922 | 1922-1922 | LH | | | | An Amateur with Sunderland in 1920-21, he joined Leeds from Shildon but only played a handful of games before leaving on a free transfer at the end of the 1921-22 season. |
Gibson | Archibald Boyle/Archie | 26-01-1952 | 1951-1960 | WH | Girvan | 30-12-1933 | 26-07-2012 | Gibson joined Leeds from Coylston Juveniles in May 1951. Though only just eighteen, he made his Reserve team debut in January 1952. He played with the Juniors and Reserves as an inside forward before finding his best position of wing half, the position in which he later became a first team regular after making his debut in March 1955. He went on to make over one hundred and seventy appearances before moving to Scunthorpe in July 1960, where he became the club captain and made more than one hundred and forty appearances in three years.(Leeds United Player Details) |
Gibson | William M./Billy | 04-02-1928 | 1927-1928 | FB | Manchester | | | He joined Leeds from Glossop in March 1927 but failed to make the first team and left for Blackpool at the end of the 1927-28 season. At Bloomfield Road he made fourteen League appearances before joining Southend United before the start of the 1930-31 season, in which he made ten League appearancesbefore finishing his career with Macclesfield. |
Giles | Michael John/Johnny | 07-03-1964 | 1963-1975 | OR/IL | Dublin | 06-11-1940 | | Capped sixty times by the Republic of Ireland, Giles started his career with Home Farm before joining Manchester United in November 1957 and had already won an F. A. Cup-winners' medal with them and scored ten goals in ninety-nine League games before joining Leeds on 29th August 1963. Initially he operated on the right wing, but after Bobby Collins was injured he took over his midfield mantle in tandem with Billy Bremner and went to become a Leeds legend. He scored one hundred and twelve goals in five hundred and twenty-three starts and four games from the bench in all competitions, before joining West Bromwich Albion as player-manager in June 1975, where he scored three goals in seventy-five starts in League games, and one from the bench, before embarking on a long and successful managerial career.(Leeds United Player Details) |
Goldberg | Leslie/Les | 16-09-1935 | 1934-1947 | RB | Leeds | 03-01-1918 | | An English schoolboy international, he joined Leeds straight from school in August 1932. He turned professional in 1935 and made rapid progress, making his first team debut in December 1937. His career was severely impeded by WW2, making only thirty-three peacetime appearances at Elland Road, before leaving for Reading in March 1947, where he made seventy-onr League appearances before leaving for Newbury Town in 1949, where he finished his career. (Leeds United Player Details) |
Goldthorpe | Ernest Holdroyd/Ernie | 12-09-1921 | 1920-1922 | CF | Middleton, Leeds | 06-08-1898 | 00-11-1929 | Son of the famous Rugby League player, Walter Goldthorpe, and part of a well-known sporting family, he represented Cockburn High School and Leeds City Boys as a schoolboy in 1909-10. He joined the Coldstream Guards in the First World War and guested with Tottenham Hotspur. He joined United from Bradford City on 21st June 1920 after scoring three goals in fifteen games at Valley Parade. A Cartilage injury blighted his Leeds career and he was limited to two goals in six League appearances. He spent a long time out of the game before he rejoined Bradford City on 16th March 1922, before moving to Manchester United in November 1922. There he found his shooting boots, scoring fifteen goals in twenty-seven League games but after two seasons moved to Rotherham United, where he scored once in two games, but injuries would not allow him to achieve his full potential. He died in November 1929 at the age of thirty-one from a heart attack while suffering from pneumonia. (Leeds United Player Details) |
Goodwin | Frederick/Freddie | 13-10-1962 | 1960-1964 | WH/CH | Heywood | 28-06-1933 | | A product of the Manchester United Junior system, he turned professional with them in October 1953 and scored seven goals in ninety-five League games for them before joining Leeds on 15th March 1960. He went straight into the first team, making his debut four days later. He became a Leeds regular and also captained the team on many occasions, but disaster struck when he suffered a triple fracture of a leg on 4th January 1964 at Cardiff City in a tackle by John Charles. It effectively ended his career as he never fully recovered. He had scored twice in one hundred and seven League games at Elland Road before joining Scunthorpe United in December 1964. There he scored once in five starts and one substitute appearance before concentrating on his Managership role. He later managed New York Generals, Brighton and Hove Albion and Birmingham City. (Leeds United Player Details) |
Gordon | A. | 09-12-1922 | 1922-1924 | HB | | | | From the Sheffield area, he was signed after playing in the club's pre-season trials in August 1922 but only played a handful of games before leaving on a free transfer at the end of the 1923-24 season. |
Grace | Sean | 01-03-1968 | 1968-1970 | OR | Barnoldswick | | | 5ft 4 1/2ins and 9st 12lb he joined United straight from school and while he progressed through the Juniors to play occasionally for the Reserves he did not make it to the first team or further his career elsewhere, other than to have a one month trial with Preston North End on 12th December 1970. |
Graham | Arthur | 12-04-1980 | 1977-1983 | OL | Castlemilk, Glasgow | 26-10-1952 | | Started with Cambuslang Rangers in his home town before joining Aberdeen in 1969-70. He scored thirty-four League goals in two hundred and twelve starts and eight games from the bench in the Scottish League. Already capped three times at Under-Twenty-Three level by Scotland, it was not until he joined Leeds in July 1977 that he gained recognition at full International level. He went straight into the Leeds team and, after making his debut in August 1977, he remained first choice for almost his entire time at Elland Road, just playing in the odd Reserve game to establish his fitness after injury. He scored thirty-seven goals in two hundred and twenty-two League starts and one game from the bench and went on to gain ten full caps for Scotland. He moved to Manchester United in August 1983, staying for two seasons, netting five goals in thirty-seven League games of which four were from the bench. He moved to Bradford City in June 1985 and scored twice in thirty-one League games, including three from the bench, before retiring at the end of the 1985-86 season.(Leeds United Player Details) |
Grainger | Colin | 18-02-1961 | 1960-1961 | OL | Wakefield | 19-01-1975 | | Nephew of former United winger Dennis Grainger. After starting in South Elmsall, he was recommended to Wrexham by his Uncle and signed professional forms in October 1950. He made five League appearances for the Welsh club before he was picked up by Sheffield United in July 1953. He found fame at Bramall Lane scoring twenty-six goals in eighty-eight League games and scored twice in his England debut in May 1956. He went on to represent the Football League and gained seven England caps. Sunderland paid £7,000 for him in February 1957 and he went on to score fourteen goals in one hundred and twenty League games. Leeds paid £15,000 for him in August 1960 and he scored five goals in thirty-three League games before leaving for Port Vale in October 1961 for £6,000. He scored six goals in thirty-nine League games before moving to Doncaster Rovers in August 1964 and finishing his career with four goals in forty League games.(Leeds United Player Details) |
Grainger | Dennis | 12-04-1947 | 1945-1947 | OR | Royston | 05-03-1920 | 06-05-1986 | Grainger joined Southport in October 1938, but never played for them before WW2 intervened. He guested for Leeds in the latter part of the war, making his debut in September 1945 and going on to feature regularly in that season, scoring nine times in thirty-one games. Leeds paid Southport £1,000 for his services in October 1945 and he went on to score five goals in thirty-seven League games, before moving to Wrexham in December 1947. He scored twelve goals in ninety-eight League games there before moving to Oldham Athletic in June 1951, where he made three League appearances before retiring.(Leeds United Player Details) |
Grant | Alick Frank/Alec | 24-08-1949 | 1949-1950 | Gk | Radstock | 11-08-1916 | | Grant started with Doncaster Rovers and Sheffield United as an amateur and signed with Bury in August 1937, but did not play in their first team before departing for Aldershot in May 1938. He had played five League games for them before WW2 came. He moved to Leicester City in December 1941 and played ninety-seven times for them in Wartime fixtures. He only played two games for them after the war before he moved to Derby County in November 1946. He made twelve League appearances while at the Baseball Ground before joining Newpoert County in November 1948. There was another twenty League games for the Welsh club before he joined Leeds on 17th August 1949. He did not make the first team, but played half a dozen games for the Reserves before he departed for York City in March 1950 and had three League games before leaving at the end of the season for Non-League Worksop Town and later Corby Town. |
Grant | Anthony/Tony | 22-09-1993 | 1993-1995 | CF | Louth, Drogheda, Republic of Ireland | 20-08-1976 | | Grant represented the Republic of Ireland Schoolboys and Youth teams and joined Leeds as a trainee, progressing through the Junior teams and making intermittent Reserve team appearances before moving to Preston North End where he made one substitute appearance for the first team. He was loaned out to Northern Ireland team, Glenavon, and the move was made permanent in January 1997. He scored forty-eight goals in one hundred and nineteen League games before moving back to the Republic in the 2000 close season to join Shamrock Rovers of Dublin. He won the club's "Player of the Year" award in his first season of 2000-01. He went on to score thirty-four goals in one hundred and twelve League appearances before moving to Bohemians on 24th February 2004. Despite suffering several nagging injuries he managed to score seventeen League goals in sixty-eight appearances before moving to his hometown with Drogheda United in 2006. He only managed one goal in thirty League appearances and in the 2008 close season he rejoined Glenavon and had three good seasons, scoring twenty-five goals in ninety-four League games, before he was released when his contract expired in May 2011. He had a short spell with Leinster Senior League side Glebe North, before re-signing with Glenavon on 4th January 2012 and scored once in six League games before retiring at the end of the season, due to persistent injuries. |
Granville | Daniel Patrick/Danny | 17-08-1998 | 1998-2000 | LB/LH | Islington | 10-06-1933 | | Granville was initially with Charlton Athletic as a schoolboy and then had a spell with Spurs before becoming a trainee with Cambridge United in June 1991. After he had completed his two years with them, in which he was voted Youth player of the year in 1993, he made his league debut in March 1994 and played in the remaining ten games of that season. He scored five times with strong left foot shots as he played in both midfield and defence while becoming a regular in the side. By December 1995 he had made the left wing-back position his own, and then switched to the left of a three man back-line in the following season. As the "U's" joined in the race for Play-Off places he was snapped up by Premiership side Chelsea on 21st March 1997. The fee was an initial £300,000 rising to £500,000. He had scored seven goals in one hundred and fourteen appearances while at Abbey Stadium. All the goals had been scored in the League in eighty-nine starts and ten substitute appearances, and two starts and two games from the bench in the F.A. Cup, three starts and two games as a substitute in the League Cup and six games in other games including two from the bench. He made a scoring debut for Chelsea reserves just days later and his first team debut followed on 5th April 97 as a second half substitute in a 0-3 defeated at home to Arsenal as Gullit chose to rest his stars ahead of the following weekend's FA Cup semi-final, and was the beneficiary of the Dutchman's late-season rotation policy as he regularly rested players in the build-up to Chelsea's victorious Cup Final clash with Middlesbrough. After a further eighty-fifth minute appearance from the bench in the next game, a 1-3 loss at Coventry City, he made his first start against Leicester City on 19th April and set up the late winning goal with a deep run and cross for Mark Hughes to head home. Two days later, and just a month after leaving the Abbey Stadium, he received his first England Under-21 call-up and came on as a second-half substitute against Georgia and a later start against Poland saw him win two caps before the season ended. It was a measure of his impressive talents that in little over a year at Stamford Bridge, and after just twelve league starts, Danny's stock rose by £1.3m. Granville's meteoric rise continued and he was in the Chelsea’s starting line-up at Wembley for the Charity Shield clash with Manchester United. Gullit then signed Blackburn's Graeme Le Saux on the eve of the new Premiership season and it quickly became obvious that Danny's opportunities would be limited by the Channel Islander's return to the Bridge. A superb goal, his only strike for the club, in a European Cup Winners’ Cup clash with Slovan Bratislava sealed victory for Chelsea in their first match of the competition, but the highlight of Granville's career came when he replaced the injured Le Saux for the Stockholm final against Stuttgart. The match, best remembered for Gianfranco Zola's superb winning goal, was a personal triumph for Granville who, despite the illustrious company surrounding him, was the best player on the pitch. Surprisingly, that proved to be his final game in a Chelsea shirt, as a month later it was announced that he would be packing his European medal away and was signed by Leeds United in July 1998 for £1,600,000, after one goal in twenty-six games. He had started twelve and been a substitute six times in the League, started three games in the League Cup, scored once in three starts and one game from the bench in European games and started one Charity Shield game. He made his debut for Leeds, as a late substitute in extra-time of a UEFA Cup tie on 29th September 1998 at CS Maritimo, and was one of the successful penalty-takers as Leeds won the tie by 4-1 in a penalty shoot-out. On 3rd October he made his League debut as a second-half substitute in a 0-1 home defeat by Leicester City. On 17th October he got off to a terrible start in his run-on League debut with Leeds, being sent off early in the game against Nottingham Forest, leaving his team to struggle with ten men. He failed to establish himself at Leeds and went on loan to Manchester City before joining them permanently in November 1999 for £1 million. At Elland Road he made seven starts and twice came from the bench in the League, there were three starts in the F.A. Cup and one in the League Cup while he had one entrance from the bench in the European Cup, but did not score in any competition. While at Manchester City he was pushed onto the bench once again and spent a month on loan to Norwich City from October 2000, where he made six League appearances. After three goals in eighty games, comprised by three goals in fifty-six starts and fourteen games as a substitute in the League, five starts in the F.A. Cup and five games in the League Cup, of which four were as a substitute, he signed for Crystal Palace in December 2001 for £500,000, where he played in the first team regularly. He remained a solid defender who enjoyed going forward and delivering crosses, and was also dangerous with free-kicks from around the opposition's penalty area. He was rewarded for his performances in 2004-05 with a new two year contract and was also voted as the Player of the Year by the supporters. He scored nine times in one hundred and twenty-two League games, of which five were off the bench, together with four starts and three games as a substitute in the F.A Cup, without scoring, one goal in six League Cup starts and three play-off finals without scoring. He joined Colchester United on 9th July 2007 on a free transfer and after making his debut on 14th August at Shrewsbury Town, made twenty appearances in total, fourteen as starts in the League with five more from the bench and one in the League Cup, but left at the end of the season to join Leyton Orient on a free transfer on 4th June 2008. He made twelve starts in the League, scored once in two starts in the F.A. Cup and made one start in the League Cup. His stay lasted less than a year and he was released on 4th May 2009. He signed for Southern League side Hemel Hempstead Town in October 2009. He represented England three times at Under-Twenty-one level, and, although England had a dearth of left backs, Granville never represented his country at the highest level.(Leeds United Player Details) |
Graver | Frederick/Fred | 24-09-1924 | 1924-1925 | CF | Craghead | 08-09-1897 | 00-00-1950 | He joined Leeds on 7th May 1924 from West Stanley and, while he only managed three appearances for the first team, he did play and score regularly for the Leeds Reserves in the 1924-25 season. At the end of the season he was transferred to Southend United, where he scored once in ten League games, before returning to the North-East with Wallend where he finished his career. He was the father of the free scoring Lincoln City cente-forward, Andy Graver. (Leeds United Player Details) |
Gray | Andrew David/Andy | 25-08-1994 | 1994-2013 | OL | Harrogate | 15-11-1977 | | He had two spells with Leeds the first from 1971-1979 and then returned from 2012-2013. Son of Frank Gray, he went on to represent Scotland at Youth level and played three times for Scotland "B" and gained two caps at full level. He joined Leeds as a Trainee straight from school and soon progressed through the Junior team starting in early 1993-94 season before being given his chance at Reserve level in the following season and the First team in 1995-96. He was loaned to Bury in December 1997 and scored once in four League starts and one game from the bench. He left Leeds in September 1998, after twenty-two League appearance at Elland Road, of which nine were from the bench. He joined Nottingham Forest, where he stayed until August 2002, scoring once in thirty-four League starts and thirty more from the bench. He had two loan spells while at Forest, having five starts with Preston North End in February 1999 and four starts with Oldham Athletic in March 1999. He moved to Bradford City where he became a striker, scoring twenty League goals in seventy-seven starts. His next move was to Bramall Lane in February 2004, where he scored twenty-five goals in fifty-six League starts and two more from the bench. He left Sheffield United for Sunderland in August 2005, where he scored once in thirteen League starts and eight as a substitute. He moved to Turf Moor in March 2006 and scored twenty-eight goals in sixty-eight League starts and one more from the bench before he left Burnley for Charlton Athletic in January 2008. At the Valley he scored nine goals in thirty-one starts and fourteen games from the bench in the League before returning to Yorkshire to join Barnsley in August 2009. He scored twenty-one League goals in sixty-eight starts and twenty-eight games from the bench before returning to Elland Road in August 2012. He scored once in eight substitute appearances in his second spell and left for Bradford City in January 2013. He scored once in eight starts and seven games as a substitute before retiring at the end of the 2012-13 season.(Leeds United Player Details) |
Gray | Edwin/Eddie | 27-03-1964 | 1965-1984 | OL/IF/WH/FB | Glasgow | 17-01-1948 | | One of the Leeds all-time greats, who overcame a succession of injuries at various points of his career to carve a niche that only a very few could match and became acknowledged as the most natural gifted player ever to play for Leeds. He was one of several Scottish schoolboy internationals of that era that Don Revie signed despite being persued by all the top clubs of the day. He joined the Leeds Juniors straight from school and signed professional forms in January 1965. He made his first team debut in January 1966, still a fortnight short of his eighteenth birthday and from the start of the following season he became a first-team regular, which was the case, injuries apart, for the rest of his Leeds career. Infortunately injuries did mar his career and stopped him from becoming a world renowned player and limited his international appearances to just twelve. Nevertheless he still managed to score sixty-nine goals from five hundred and sixty-one starts and another eighteen from the bench. He also twice became Leeds manager and coached many fine young Youth players in another part of of his contribution to United, his only club.(Leeds United Player Details) |
Gray | Francis Tierney/Frank | 12-09-1970 | 1969-1985 | LB | Glasgow | 27-10-1954 | | He had two spells with Leeds the first from 1994-1998 and then returned from 1981-85. He may have lived in the shadow of his elder brother but his rewards were far greater, gaining thirty-two Scottish caps and winning Championship, Cups and European honours with Nottingham Forest. Originally signed straight from school after gaining Scottish Schoolboy honours, when he was 5ft 7ins and weighed 10st, he signed professional forms in November 1971. In his first spell he stayed until August 1979 before joining Nottingham Forest where he scored five goals in eighty-one League appearances, before returning to Leeds in May 1981. He had scored thirty-five goals in three hundred and ninety-seven starts and ten more from the bench in all competitions. He left to join Sunderland in July 1985 and there scored eight goals in one hundred and forty-six League games, of which twenty-eight were as a substitute. He left Roker in July 1989 to finish his career with Darlington in 1991 after scoring seven goals in forty-nine League starts.(Leeds United Player Details) |
Grayson | Simon Nicholas/Simon | 08-09-1986 | 1986-1988 | WH | Ripon | 16-12-1969 | | He progressed through the Leeds Juniors and signed professional in June 1988. By then he had also progressed to the Reserve team and then into the first team in September 1987. He played twice in League games before he was sold to Leicester City on 13th March 1992 for £50,000. After scoring six goals in one hundred and eighty-eight games at Filbert Street, of which thirteen were from the bench, he was sold to Aston Villa for £1,350,000 in July 1997. After forty-eight League games with Villa he was sold to Blackburn Rovers for £750,000 on 29th July 1999. His career at Ewood Park stalled for financial reasons. After being a regular in his first season, the club would not play him as he had almost reached the number of games required to trigger a further payment on his purchase price. Consequently he stalled on forty League appearances and went out on loan to other clubs while his contract ran down. In August 2000 he played five games with Sheffied Wednesday, in January 2001 he made fourteen appearances for Stockport County, in September 2001 he scored once in thirteen appearances for Notts County and from 15th February to 22nd April 2002 he played seven times for Bradford City. On 20th July 2002 he joined Blackpool and scored six goals in one hundred and twenty-six games before retiring at the end of the 2005-06 season to concentrate on managing the club.(Leeds United Player Details) |
Green | Harry | 03-05-1930 | 1930-1934 | IF/WH | Sheffield | 00-00-1908 | | He played once for Oldham Athletic in the 1928-29 season before moving to Mexborough Town and then signing for Leeds on 30th April 1930. He scored four goals in nineteen League games for the Leeds first team, proving his ability to play in a variety of positions and giving good service for four years before leaving for Bristol City on 11th May 1934. He scored once in twelve League games at Ashton Gate before moving to York City at the start of the 1935-36 season, in which he scored eight goals and played the full forty-two League games. He finished his career at Frickley Colliery, after moving there in March 1937. (Leeds United Player Details) |
Green | William Charles/Bill | 20-08-1949 | 1949-1949 | LH | Hull | 09-10-1927 | 00-00-1996 | He started with Wolverhampton Wanderers Juniors, signing professional in September 1945, but not making their first team. Came to Leeds as a trialist in August 1949. He took part in the pre-season trial games and then played three games for the Leeds Reserves before leaving for Walsall in September 1949. There he established himself as a regular, scoring eight goals in one hundred and eighty League games in five seasons. He then joined Wrexham in June 1954 and scored twice in sixty League games in the following two seasons. |
Greenhoff | Brian | 19-09-1979 | 1979-1982 | CD/FB | Barnsley | 28-04-1953 | 22-05-2013 | Younger brother of Jimmy, he gained five England Under-Twenty-three caps before going on to one "B" and eighteen full caps for England. Starting as an apprentice with Manchester United he turned professional at Old Trafford in June 1970 and went on to score thirteen goals in two hundred and twenty-one League games, including three as a substitute, before joining Leeds in August 1979. He scored one League goal at Elland Road, playing seventy-two League games, of which four were as a substitute, in an almost three season stay, which was punctuated by injury. After Leeds were relegated he was released and played for teams in South Africa, Hong Kong and Finland, before joining his brother at Rochdale in March 1983 where he started sixteen League games. (Leeds United Player Details) |
Greenhoff | James/Jimmy | 17-11-1962 | 1961-1968 | WH/CF | Barnsley | 19-06-1946 | | An immensely talented player capable of playing many positions, who joined Leeds as an apprentice at fifteen and a half on 16th August 1961 and soon shone as a wing-half in the Juniors before turning professional in August 1963 at seventeen. By then he had already progressed through the Reserves and made his first team debut in May 1963. The emergence of Billy Bremner as a right half, closed off that avenue and he then was pushed further forward and became the first choice striker. However, the arrival of the more robust Mick Jones saw him surrender the striker's role and led to his move to Birmingham City in August 1968. He had scored twenty-one goals in ninety-four League games, which had included six from the bench. Playing as a centre-forward, he scored fourteen times in thirty-one League games at St Andrews before moving to Stoke City in August 1969. He became a Stoke legend, scoring seventy-six goals in two hundred and seventy-four League games before his move to Old Trafford in November 1976. At Manchester United he scored twenty-six goals in ninety-four starts and three games from the bench before leaving in December 1980 to join Crewe Alexandra. He later played with Port Vale, Toronto Canada and Rochdale, where he ended his career as Player-Manager(Leeds United Player Details) |
Gribben | William Howat/Bill | 04-04-1925 | 1924-1929 | CH | Glasgow | 28-10-1906 | 00-00-1969 | An imposing 6ft and 12st, he had extended trials before he joined Leeds on 25th August 1927, from Castleford Town, including appearances for the Leeds Reserves in April 1924 and other lesser teams. He only made one appearance for the Leeds team, in December 1928, but was always a fine deputy for stalwart Ernie Hart. He left Leeds in 1929 for Harrogate Town and represented the Yorkshire League. (Leeds United Player Details) |
Griffiths | | 10-10-1953 | 1953-1953 | CF | | | | Nothing much is known about this player, other than he only played in his debut game with the Reserves. |
Gulliver | Joffre | 07-04-1939 | 1938-1939 | FB | Merthyr Tydfil | 02-08-1915 | | A Welsh Junior International, he joined Southend United in August 1934. He was twenty-two and stood 5ft 9 1/2ins and weighed 12st when he arrived at Leeds on 7th March 1938 from Bangor City. He never made the first team and played only a few games with the Reserves before leaving for Reading in June 1939. He main the grade at Elm Park and after WW2 he made one hundred and sixty-one League appearances and stayed until August 1951 before moving to Swindon Town where he made eleven League appearances before retiring. |
Gunby, Peter | Peter | 03-09-1955 | 1955-1956 | WH | Leeds | 20-11-1934 | | Local player who started with Market Districts Boys Club and joined Leeds from Leeds UYMI in the close season of 1955, signing professional forms in September 1955. He made it to the Resrves but never to the first team and left for Bradford City in July 1956. At Valley Parade he made three League appearances in his one season there. He later played with East End Park WMC in 1958-59, Mexborough in 1964-65 Selby Town 1966-67 to 1970-71 and Harrogate Town in the early 1970s. He later returned to Leeds as a Coach in the 1980's and was twice caretaker manager. |
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