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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- ^ Bugby, Tony (5 January 2009). "Rivals unite in grief for popular Greaves". oldham-chronicle.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
- ^ Marsden, Carl (7 January 2009). "Death of a Legend". oldhamadvertiser.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
- ^ Ian Greaves's playing career, Soccerbase. Soccerbase.com.
- ^ Howland, Andy and Roger (2001) Oxford United: the Headington Years. Perfitt-Bayliss, Marlow. ISBN 0-9541797-0-6
- ^ Manchester Mourns. Thebusbybabes.com.