Robert Gray (14 December 1923 – 8 April 2022) was an English

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who played as a

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. Gray started his career with Whitehall Juniors and Newcastle United before joining Gateshead in 1944. He made 432 league appearances and 28 appearances in the

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for Gateshead (as well as 57 appearances in the wartime league) before spells at non-league

Ashington Ashington is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, with a population of 27,864 at the 2011 Census. It was once a centre of the coal mining industry. The town is north of Newcastle upon Tyne, west of the A189 and bordered to the ...

and

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. Gray died on 8 April 2022, at the age of 98.

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* * 1923 births 2022 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Newcastle United F.C. players Gateshead A.F.C. players Ashington A.F.C. players North Shields F.C. players English Football League players Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne {{England-footy-goalkeeper-1920s-stub