Maurice Galley Explained

Maurice Galley
Fullname:Maurice Galley
Birth Date:10 August 1934
Birth Place:Clowne, England
Death Place:Nottinghamshire, England
Height:5 ft 10 in
Position:Wing half
Youthyears1:19??–1954
Youthclubs1:Chesterfield
Years1:1954–1959
Caps1:55
Goals1:5
Years2:1959–1961
Caps2:72
Goals2:0
Years3:1961–1962
Clubs3:Worksop Town
Years4:1962–196?
Clubs4:Loughborough United

Maurice Galley (10 August 1934 – February 2017) is an English former footballer who scored 5 goals from 55 appearances in the Football League playing as a wing half for Chesterfield in the 1950s.[1] He also played non-league football for teams including Boston United,[2] Worksop Town, and Loughborough United, with whom he won the Midland League in 1962–63.[3]

After his football career finished, Galley joined the police. He was a member of the Nottinghamshire Police football team that won the Police Athletic Association (PAA) Cup in 1969.[4] Galley died in Nottinghamshire in February 2017 at the age of 82.

Galley's brothers Gordon and John Galley also played in the Football League.[3] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chesterfield FC: Football League players, 1921 to 2008 . XLS . Basson, Stuart . Chesterfield F.C. . 18 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111204022833/http://www.chesterfield-fc.co.uk/staticFiles/fd/49/0%2C%2C10435~150013%2C00.xls . 4 December 2011.
  2. Web site: Season 1959/60 – Statistics . none . 8 July 2015 . 9 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150709095252/http://www.bufc.drfox.org.uk/stats59.html . live . and Web site: Season 1960/61 – Statistics . bufc.drfox.org.uk . Ken Fox . 7 July 2015 . 9 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150709104426/http://www.bufc.drfox.org.uk/stats60.html . live .
  3. News: Claimed the left half position as his very own . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924192835/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-34690531.html . 24 September 2015 . Loughborough Echo . 24 May 2013 . 7 July 2015 . Highbeam Research.
  4. News: Team travels from far afield to remember the year of glory . Force Times . Nottinghamshire Police . 11 . June 2009 . 7 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150710210115/http://www.nottsnarpo.com/download/ForceTimesJune09.pdf . 10 July 2015.
  5. Web site: Player search: Galley, GW (Gordon) . English National Football Archive (ENFA) . 14 April 2024 . subscription.

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