Player #58
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Career Status:
1889-90
1889-90
Retired
Sammy Gray
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1889 🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #58 |
Season :
1889-90 |
Age :
21 |
Division :
FL |
Squad # :
# |
Appearances :
2 |
Starts :
2 |
Substitute :
0 |
Unused :
0 |
Goals :
0 |
Assists :
0 |
Involvements :
0 |
Games / Goal :
0.00 |
Bookings :
- |
Sendings Off :
- |
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Franklin James Samuel Gray
Birth Date
September 1868
Birth Place
Oldbury
Birth Country
England
🏴
Citizenship
🏴
England
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams (incl. Youth)
Oldbury Richmond
Hockley Belmont
West Bromwich United
Original Transfer
Aged
20
From
West Bromwich United
For
Free
On
1889
Under
George Ramsay 🏴
Returning Transfer 1
Aged
n/a
From
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Returning Transfer 2
Aged
n/a
From
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Transfer Notes
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out 1
Aged
To
For
On
Under
21
Birmingham St. George's
Free
1889
George Ramsay 🏴
Transfer Out 2
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Transfer Out 3
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Subsequent Clubs
Birmingham St. George's
Retired
Died
1925, Aged 56
Sammy Gray
Villa Career
1889 | Free |
Football League |
🕒 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #58 |
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Played Under
George Ramsay 🏴 1889
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
21 September 1889
Under
George Ramsay 🏴
First Squad
21 September 1889
Manager
George Ramsay 🏴
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
1889-90
21 September 1889
Preston North End (h), Football League
20
George Ramsay 🏴
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
Aged
Manager
1889-90
28 September 1889
West Bromwich Albion (a), Football League
21
George Ramsay 🏴
Final Squad
28 September 1889
Manager
George Ramsay 🏴
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
Not selected
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
Not selected
Caps with Villa
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.