William Patrick Gray1

(24 May 1927 - 11 April 2011)
FatherAndrew Gray2 (1887 - )
MotherJane Ann Norton2
     William Patrick Gray was born on 24 May 1927 at Ashington, Northumberland, England, .1,3 He was the son of Andrew Gray and Jane Ann Norton.2 William Patrick Gray died on 11 April 2011 at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, , at age 83.1

Research Notes

  • William Patrick Gray was Gray was signed by Leyton Orient after being spotted playing for Dinnington Colliery. On his transfer to Nottingham Forest for £4,500 in 1957 he played in his accustomed position of outside right; in the summer of 1958 Forest signed Roy Dwight, also an outside right, from Fulham, and Gray moved to inside forward. In this position he played in every game of that season's FA Cup winning run, and scored 5 goals, including 3 penalties and one in the 4th round vs Grimsby Town directly from a corner. In later years at Forest he moved to full back, finally leaving the club in 1963 to become player manager at Millwall. On retirement from football management Gray ran a greengrocer and convenience store on Wollaton Road Nottingham, but continued his involvement in sport, acting as a groundsman for various clubs.1

Citations

  1. [S151] Wikipedia, online http://en.wikipedia.org/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Gray_(footballer) 08Jan2017.
  2. [S698] Rose Norton, "Grays in Norton Tree," e-mail to Christopher Gray, 7 Jan 2017.
  3. [S110] FreeBMD, online http://www.freebmd.org.uk/, BIRTH William Gray, Norton, Morpeth 10b 774, Jun 1927.