- Grenville Hair
Infobox Football biography
playername = Grenville Hair
fullname = Grenville Hair
dateofbirth =16 November 1931
cityofbirth =Burton-upon-Trent
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath = death date and age|1968|3|7|1931|11|16|df=y
cityofdeath =Bradford
countryofdeath =England
height = height|meters =1.75
nickname =
position =Left back
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1948–1964
clubs = Leeds United
caps(goals) = 474 (2)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
manageryears = 1964–1967
1967–1968
managerclubs = Wellington Town
Bradford CityGrenville Hair (born
16 November 1931 inBurton-upon-Trent ,England ; died7 March 1968 inBradford ,England ) was a footballer who played his entire professional career for Leeds United between 1948 and 1964. He later became the manager of Wellington Town and Bradford City. He died following a Bradford City training session.Playing career
Grenville Hair was a
one-club man playing his entire professional career with Leeds United. He had been signed by managerMajor Frank Buckley in 1948, and went on to make 474 appearances for the clubs as a left-back scoring just two goals. He was an almost ever-present in the Leeds side for ten years until the emergence of Willie Bell andPaul Reaney .In a poll of the 100 greatest ever Leeds United players, he was voted in at number 62.
Managerial career
He stayed with Leeds until 1964, when he took up a player-manager position at Wellington Town. He stayed there until 1967, when he became coach at Bradford City and was soon promoted to the position of manager. He started an upturn in the club's fortunes in his short role as manager before his untimely death, from a heart attack during a training session in March 1968.
He guided City to 11th in Division Four in 1966-67. The following season a run of seven wins from eight games was key to City's position towards the top of the table. On the day of his death, Hair had secured the services of
Tony Leighton andDenis Atkins . [cite book
last = Frost
first = Terry
title = Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988
publisher = Breedon Books Sport
year = 1988
pages = p76
isbn = 0907969380] They proved to be key additions to the squad as the club narrowly missed out on promotion but did so a season later.References
External links
* [http://cards.littleoak.com.au/rip.html Nigel's galleries of English football cards 1965-66 to 1979-80]
*soccerbase (manager)|561|Grenville Hair
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