Anthony Charles Gregory (16 May 1937 – 10 January 2021) was an English football player, coach and manager. He played as a

wing 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 ...

and as a winger.

Career

During his career he played for

Vauxhall Motors Vauxhall Motors LimitedCompany No. 00135767. Incorporated 12 May 1914, name changed from Vauxhall Motors Limited to General Motors UK Limited on 16 April 2008, reverted to Vauxhall Motors Limited on 18 September 2017. () is a British car compa ...

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, that competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1885, it is nicknam ...

Watford Watford () is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, and ...

, Bexley United, Bedford Town, Hastings United and Dover. He also served as a player-coach for Hamilton Steelers and Barnet, and as

player-manager A player-coach (also playing coach, captain-coach, or player-manager) is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. A player-coach may be a head coach or an assistant coach. They may make changes to the s ...

for Stevenage Town and Wolverton. During his career, Gregory represented his country at youth level, was a losing finalist with Luton in the

1959 FA Cup Final The 1959 FA Cup Final was contested by Nottingham Forest and Luton Town at Wembley. Forest won 2–1, with goals from Roy Dwight and Tommy Wilson just four minutes apart. Dave Pacey scored Luton's consolation goal. Forest were playing in th ...

, and helped Watford to promotion in the 1959–60 season. On 12 January 2021, it was announced that he had died at the age of 83.

References

1937 births 2021 deaths Vauxhall Motors F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players Watford F.C. players Bedford Town F.C. players Hastings United F.C. (1948) players Dover F.C. players Barnet F.C. players Bexley United F.C. players Men's association football midfielders English men's footballers Place of birth missing {{England-footy-midfielder-1930s-stub