Roy Player

English footballer

Roy PlayerPersonal information

Full name|  Percival Roy Ivan Player
Date of birth|  (1928-05-10)10 May 1928
Place of birth|  Portsmouth, England
Date of death|  April 1992 (age 63)
Place of death|  Rutland, England
Position(s)|  Centre Half
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
|  Portsmouth|  ?|  (?)
1952–1959|  Grimsby Town|  57|  (0)
1959–1960|  Oldham Athletic|  2|  (0)
|  Gainsborough Trinity|  ?|  (?)
|  Spalding United|  ?|  (?)
Total|  |  59|  (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Percival Roy Ivan Player (born 10 May 1928 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England - died 1992), was an English footballer who played as a centre half in the Football League. He came to the attention of Grimsby Town while serving in the locality with the RAF, and signed professional forms in 1953. In five years with the club he made a total of 57 appearances, before transferring to Oldham Athletic in 1959. In his one season at Boundary Park he made just two appearances before moving into non-league football in August 1960 when he joined Gainsborough Trinity.[1]

## References

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1. ^ Garth Dykes: Oldham Athletic Complete Record 1898 -1988, Breedon Books 1988

## External links

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* Roy Player at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database

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