- Roy Gratrix
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playername = Roy Gratrix
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dateofbirth =February 9 1932
cityofbirth =Salford
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath = 2002
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position = Defender
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years = -1953
1953-1964
1964-1965
1965-19??
clubs = Taylor Bros.
Blackpool
Manchester City
Toronto City
Bangor City
caps(goals) = 00? (?)
400 (0)
015 (0)
00? (?)
00? (?)
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nationalcaps(goals) =Roy Gratrix (
February 9 1932 — 2002) was an English professional footballer. He played as a defender.Gratrix began his professional career with Blackpool in 1953, just a few months after the club had won the
FA Cup . He made his debut for Blackpool onMarch 13 ,1954 , succeedingEddie Shimwell in the right-back berth in a goalless draw against Middlesbrough atBloomfield Road .The following campaign, 1954–55, he retained his position, teaming-up with
Tommy Garrett , although occasionally being asked to play at left-back.In 1955–56, with Harry Johnston leaving to manage Reading, Gratrix moved to centre-half and remained there for the rest of his career.
Also during the 1955–56 season, Gratrix represented England at "B" level, playing against Switzerland at The Dell. England B won 4–1. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/eng-b-intres-det.html England - International Results B-Team - Details] - RSSSF.com]
For the 1956–57 campaign, Gratrix was an ever-present in Blackpool's 46 league and cup fixtures, helping them to their second consecutive top-four finish in Division One, and in 1961–62 appeared in each of the club's 52 league and cup games.
In 1964, after eleven years and four hundred league appearances for Blackpool, Gratrix was sold to Manchester City. He made fifteen league appearances for City before trying his hand at playing in
Canada with Toronto City. He returned to theUnited Kingdom to finish his playing career with Welsh club Bangor City.Gratrix died in 2002.
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* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/roygratrix.htm Gratrix's profile at Neil Brown's statistics site]
*cite book | first=Roy | last=Calley| coauthors= | title=Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992 | publisher=Breedon Books Sport | location= | year=1992 | editor= | id=ISBN 1-873626-07-X
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