Harry Gregg

Henry Gregg, OBE (27 October 1932 – 16 February 2020) was a Northern Irish professional footballer and manager.

Harry Gregg

Harry Gregg before a Manchester United game in Rotterdam in 1963
Personal information
Full name	Henry Gregg[1]
Date of birth	(1932-10-27)27 October 1932
Place of birth	Magherafelt, Northern Ireland
Date of death	16 February 2020(2020-02-16) (aged 87)
Place of death	Coleraine, Northern Ireland
Position(s)	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
1954–1963	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

A goalkeeper, he played for Manchester United, with a total of 247 appearances for the club. He was a survivor of the Munich air disaster in 1958.

Gregg also played for Doncaster Rovers and Stoke City, as well as making 25 appearances for the Northern Ireland national team between 1954 and 1964.

He later went into management with Carlisle United, Crewe Alexandra, Shrewsbury Town and Swansea City.

Gregg died on 16 February 2020 of a short-illness in Coleraine, County Londonderry, aged 87.[2]