Henry O'Grady (16 March 1907 – 12 April 1990) was an English

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who played at inside forward for Nantwich,

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Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...

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, Leeds United,

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, Millwall,

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, Accrington Stanley, and

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. Never spending more than two seasons at any one club, he made 99 league appearances playing in every division of the

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between 1930 and 1938.

Career

O'Grady played for

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sides Nantwich and

, before joining

in November 1929. He made his debut playing at

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in a 3–0 win over Wigan Borough at Springfield Park on 25 January 1930; this was his only appearance of the 1929–30

Third Division North The Third Division North of the Football League was a tier in the English football league system from 1921 to 1958. It ran in parallel with the Third Division South with clubs elected to the League or relegated from a higher division allocated to ...

winning campaign. He did not feature at

The Old Recreation Ground The Old Recreation Ground was a football stadium located in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England, and home to Port Vale F.C. from 1913 to 1950. It was the sixth ground the club used. Structure and facilities The stadium was in rather bad conditio ...

in the 1930–31 season, and left the "Valiants" in the summer. He moved on to

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side

in August 1931. He scored on his "Saints" debut in a 3–0 victory over

at Turf Moor on 29 August. Despite this, he spent most of his one season at The Dell in the reserves, making occasional first-team appearances as replacement for Bill Fraser at inside-right or Arthur Wilson at inside-left. At the end of the 1931–32 season, having made only seven first-team appearances (scoring twice) he was offered the chance to move to Leeds. He joined Leeds United in August 1932, but with

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established at number eight, he again found first-team opportunities limited. He scored twice in eight First Division games for Leeds in 1932–33. After a year at

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, he drop back down into the Second Division to play for Burnley in 1933–34. Despite a record of eight goals in only 13 league games, he was allowed to switch to league rivals

in 1934–35. He hit four goals in 15 appearances for the "Shakers", before leaving

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for Millwall. He appeared in just four

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games for the "Lions" in 1935–36. He then scored nine goals in 28 Third Division North appearances for

in 1936–37. He switched to league rivals Accrington Stanley in 1937–38, and scored twice in 23 fixtures at Peel Park. He later ended his career in the Southern League with

Career statistics

Source:

Honours

Port Vale *

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: 1929–30

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ogrady, Henry People from Tunstall, Staffordshire Footballers from Stoke-on-Trent English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Nantwich Town F.C. players Witton Albion F.C. players Port Vale F.C. players Southampton F.C. players Leeds United F.C. players Burnley F.C. players Bury F.C. players Millwall F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891) players Tunbridge Wells F.C. players English Football League players Southern Football League players 1907 births 1990 deaths