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Douglas Herbert Gray (4 April 1905 – 1972) was a Scottish
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who spent his entire senior career with Rangers and is the longest serving player in the
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club's history.


Career


Club

Born in
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, Gray joined the Ibrox club from Aberdeen Mugiemoss in June 1925. A
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, he played for the club 555 times in competitive matches between 1925 and 1946, earning ten league championship and six
Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,war-time matches and friendlies, he made 940 appearances for the club in all, wearing the shirt more times than any other player, though
John Greig John Greig (born 11 September 1942) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played as a defender. He spent his entire career with Rangers, as a player, manager and director. Greig was voted "The Greatest Ever Ranger" in 1999 by the ...
is the record holder for appearances in official matches. After leaving Rangers, he acted as a coach at
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. Gray is a member of the Rangers
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.


International

Gray won ten
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s for the
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and made six appearances for the Scottish League representative side.


References

1905 births 1972 deaths Date of death missing Scottish footballers Scotland international footballers Rangers F.C. players People from Marr Scottish Football League players Clyde F.C. non-playing staff Scottish Football League representative players Association football fullbacks Dyce Juniors F.C. players Place of death missing Footballers from Aberdeenshire Scottish Junior Football Association players Scotland junior international footballers {{Scotland-footy-defender-1900s-stub