Woodville Gray
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 June 1866[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 28 February 1938 (aged 71)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Birkenhead, Cheshire, England[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Glasgow Academy | |||
| Pollokshields Athletic | |||
| Queen's Park | |||
| International career | |||
| 1886 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Woodville Gray (10 June 1866 – 28 February 1938) was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward.
Career
[edit]A member of a large and successful Quaker family who manufactured biscuits (Gray Dunn & Co),[3] Gray played club football for Glasgow Academy, Pollokshields Athletic and Queen's Park (his handful of appearances as a 'guest player' including a Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup victory and an appearance on the losing side in the 1885 FA Cup Final).[4]
He made one appearance for Scotland in 1886;[5][6] he had first been called up in 1883, which would have made him the youngest player in the nation's history – but he had to decline the invitation.[3]
Among his siblings was the physician Albert Alexander Gray.
References
[edit]- ^ Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
- ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
- ^ a b c Woodville Gray, selected for Scotland aged 17, Scottish Sport History, 29 April 2014
- ^ Name: Gray, Woodville, QPFC.com
- ^ Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 110.
- ^ (Scotland player) Woodville Gray, London Hearts Supporters Club
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- 1866 births
- 1938 deaths
- Scottish men's footballers
- Scotland men's international footballers
- Queen's Park F.C. players
- Pollokshields Athletic F.C. players
- People from Govan
- Men's association football forwards
- People educated at the Glasgow Academy
- People educated at Bootham School
- 19th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football forward, 1860s birth stubs