Peter Gunby (20 November 1934 – 26 March 2022) was an English professional football player and coach.

Career

Born in

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popula ...

, Gunby played as a

right half A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for Leeds UYMI,

Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at Elland Road ...

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. ...

and

Harrogate Town Harrogate Town A.F.C. is a professional association football club in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, which competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club is nicknamed the Sulphurites, due to the ...

. For Bradford City he made three appearances in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in Association football around the wor ...

. He managed Harrogate Town in the 1970s. After working as an electrician, he later worked as a coach at

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The team have played home games at the Kirklees Stadium since moving from Leeds Road in 1994. Th ...

and Leeds United, and also had two short spells as caretaker manager of Leeds in 1985 and 1988. By September 2007 he had been awarded an OBE. Gunby died on 26 March 2022, aged 87.Tributes paid to former Leeds United coach who had 'Leeds running through his blood'
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1934 births 2022 deaths English men's footballers Footballers from Leeds Men's association football wing halves English Football League players Leeds United F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Harrogate Town A.F.C. players English football managers Harrogate Town A.F.C. managers Leeds United F.C. managers Leeds United F.C. non-playing staff Huddersfield Town A.F.C. non-playing staff {{England-footy-midfielder-1930s-stub