Eddie Gray

The Leeds winger voted the club's third greatest player.

Eddie Gray (born 17 January 1948) is a Scottish former football player and coach. A winger, he was an integral member of the Leeds United team of the 1960s and 1970s and later twice became the club's manager. In 2000 he was voted the third greatest Leeds United player of all time, behind Billy Bremner and John Charles.

Quick Facts

Full name: Edwin Gray
Born: 17 January 1948
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Position: Winger

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Background

Born in Glasgow, Gray signed professional forms with Leeds United at 16 and made his first-team debut on New Year's Day 1966; he would play for the club for almost 20 years. In 1968 he was in the team that won the League Cup and Fairs Cup double, scoring winning goals in both semi-finals, though injury kept him out of the second leg of the Fairs Cup final. He made 33 appearances and scored five goals as Leeds won the League championship a year later, and his two goals against Burnley in 1970 include one widely regarded as the greatest Leeds United goal of all time.

Injuries cost him more than half of the 1970–71 season, in which Leeds won the Fairs Cup for the second time. He played in the team that won the 1972 FA Cup Final against Arsenal and in the 1973 final lost to Sunderland, and missed most of the 1973–74 title season through injury. He won 12 full caps for Scotland between 1969 and 1977, managed Whitby Town, Rochdale and Hull City as well as Leeds, and was appointed MBE in the 1983 Birthday Honours.