Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
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Player #60
Appearances:
2
Starts:
2
Goals:
0
Seasons:
1
Source: Football card Aston Villa issued by Kane Products under the Football Clubs & Colours series, 1956.
Sammy Gray
Position
Forward
From
1889-90
To
1889-90
🏴
IMAGE CREDIT
Franklin James Samuel Gray
Birth Date
September 1868
Birth Place
Oldbury, Sandwell
Birth Country
England
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
West Bromwich United
From
For
Free
On
Unknown
Previous Clubs
Oldbury Richmond |
Hockley Belmont |
West Bromwich United |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
Birmingham St. George's
For
Free
On
1889
Subsequent Clubs
Birmingham St. George's |
Source: Football card Aston Villa issued by Kane Products under the Football Clubs & Colours series, 1956.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1889 Free, 2 | 0 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
George Ramsay led Management Committee
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 21 September 1889
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 21 September 1889
Preston North End (h), Football League
DEBUT
First Goal
Did not score
Final Appearance
Saturday, 28 September 1889
West Bromwich Albion (a), Football League
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Saturday, 28 September 1889
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Team
Not selected
Died
1925, Aged 56
Sammy Gray
Player #60 for Aston Villa, Franklin James Samuel Gray, known as Sammy Gray, played as a forward for the club. Sammy represented Villa twice during the 1889-90 season.
Sammy was born in Oldbury, just seven miles from Villa’s current ground, in September 1868 and made his debut as a 21 year old on 21st September 1889.
Villa had signed Sammy from West Bromwich United.
Sammy’s final game came just 7 days after his debut before moving on to Birmingham St. George’s.
Sammy played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.
Sammy passed away in Birmingham in 1925 aged 57.