Roy Player
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Full name
Percival Roy Ivan Player
Date of birth
10 May 1928
Place of birth
Portsmouth, England
Date of death
April 1992 (age 63)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Percival Roy Ivan Player | ||
| Date of birth | 10 May 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Portsmouth, England | ||
| Date of death | April 1992 (age 63) | ||
| Place of death | Rutland, England | ||
| Position(s) | Centre Half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Portsmouth | ? | (?) | |
| 1952–1959 | Grimsby Town | 57 | (0) |
| 1959–1960 | Oldham Athletic | 2 | (0) |
| Gainsborough Trinity | ? | (?) | |
| Spalding United | ? | (?) | |
| Total | 59 | (0) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Percival Roy Ivan Player (10 May 1928 – 1992), was an English footballer who played as a centre half in the Football League.
Player was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. 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]
