Harry Grundy (15 March 1883 – March 1948) was an English

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who made eight appearances in

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playing for Everton and Lincoln City. He played as an

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. He also played in the

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for Lincoln City, and in the

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and Western Leagues for

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Life and career

Grundy was born in

Oswestry Oswestry ( ; ) is a market town, civil parish and historic railway town in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483 and A495 roads. The town was the administrative headquarters of the Borough of ...

, Shropshire. He played football for nearby

Chirk Chirk ( cy, Y Waun) is a town and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, south of Wrexham, between it and Oswestry. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 4,468. Historically in the traditional county of Denbighshire, and later Clwy ...

, Wrexham and Neston before joining First Division club Everton in November 1905 at a wage of £2 a week and a signing-on bonus of £5. He made his debut on 20 December, in a goalless draw away to

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, and played his second and what turned out to be final first-team game for the club a few weeks later, in a 4–2 defeat at

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. After some consideration, Everton chose not to re-engage Grundy for the coming season, and placed him on the transfer list at a fee of £25. As there were no takers from the Football League, Grundy was allowed to join

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club

. The ''

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'' wrote that much was expected of the player, who had "shown himself to be very speedy; he accurately centres when going at top speed, and his foot-work generally is admirable". Grundy played for Reading in both

and Western Leagues. Everton retained Grundy's Football League registration until April 1908, when he was allowed to leave on a free transfer. He signed for Lincoln City, then bottom of the Second Division, in time to play in the last three games of the season, but Lincoln were unable to improve their position. They failed to be re-elected to the Football League, and were accepted into the

for 1908–09. Grundy missed just two games in league and

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as Lincoln won the Midland League title, but played only three more first-team matches after their election back to the Football League.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grundy, Harry 1881 births Year of death missing Footballers from Oswestry English men's footballers Men's association football wingers Chirk AAA F.C. players Wrexham A.F.C. players Everton F.C. players Reading F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players English Football League players Southern Football League players Western Football League players Midland Football League players Place of death missing