Roy Player Explained

Roy Player
Fullname:Percival Roy Ivan Player
Birth Date:10 May 1928
Birth Place:Portsmouth, England
Death Date:April 1992 (age 63)
Death Place:Rutland, England
Caps1:?
Goals1:?
Years2:1952–1959
Caps2:57
Goals2:0
Years3:1959–1960
Clubs3:Oldham Athletic
Caps3:2
Goals3:0
Clubs4:Gainsborough Trinity
Caps4:?
Goals4:?
Clubs5:Spalding United
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Goals5:?
Totalcaps:59
Totalgoals:0

Percival Roy Ivan Player (born 10 May 1928 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England - died 1992), was an English footballer who played as a centre half in the Football League. He came to the attention of Grimsby Town while serving in the locality with the RAF, and signed professional forms in 1953. In five years with the club he made a total of 57 appearances, before transferring to Oldham Athletic in 1959. In his one season at Boundary Park he made just two appearances before moving into non-league football in August 1960 when he joined Gainsborough Trinity.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Garth Dykes: Oldham Athletic Complete Record 1898 -1988, Breedon Books 1988