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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ian Denzil Greaves | ||
Date of birth | 26 May 1932 | ||
Place of birth | Crompton, Lancashire, England | ||
Date of death | 2 January 2009 | (aged 76)||
Place of death | Ainsworth, Bury, Greater Manchester, England | ||
Position(s) | Full-back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1953–1960 | Manchester United | 67 | (0) |
1960–1961 | Lincoln City | 11 | (0) |
1961–1963 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | (0) |
Total | 100 | (0) | |
Managerial career | |||
1968–1974 | Huddersfield Town | ||
1974–1980 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
1980–1982 | Oxford United | ||
1982 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
1983–1989 | Mansfield Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ian Denzil Greaves (26 May 1932 – 2 January 2009) was an English football player and manager. He was born in Crompton, Lancashire.[1][2] He won a League Championship medal and an FA Cup runners-up medal while playing full-back for Manchester United between 1953 and 1960.[3] He was not with the United team when eight of their players died in the Munich air disaster on 6 February 1958, as he was ruled out by injury.[4] He was the first player to occupy the left-back position at United after the death of captain Roger Byrne at Munich.[5]
After leaving United in 1960, he later played for Lincoln City and Oldham Athletic.