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Ian Greaves
Personal information
Full name Ian Denzil Greaves
Date of birth 26 May 1932(1932-05-26)
Place of birth    Shaw and Crompton, England
Date of death    2 January 2009 (aged 76)
Place of death    Ainsworth, Bury, England
Playing position Full-back
Senior career1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1953–1960
1960–1961
1961–1963		 Manchester United
Lincoln City
Oldham Athletic		 067 0(0)
011 0(0)
022 0(0)   
Teams managed
1968–1974
1974–1980
1980–1982
1982
1983–1989		 Huddersfield Town
Bolton Wanderers
Oxford United
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Mansfield Town

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (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 fullback for Manchester United between 1953 and 1960[3] . But for injury, he would have probably been involved in the Munich air disaster[4]. He later played for Lincoln City and Oldham Athletic.

He took over the reins at Huddersfield Town in 1968[5] and led them to the Football League Second Division championship in 1969–1970.

After leaving Huddersfield in the summer of 1974 he joined Bolton Wanderers as assistant to Jimmy Armfield and when Armfield took over the vacant manager's position at Leeds United he was promoted to the top job, taking over a squad that included Sam Allardyce and Peter Reid. In his time there he again won promotion to the top division and also reached the League Cup semi-final while the club were still in the second division. Unfortunately, Bolton's First Division performance was disappointing and Greaves was sacked in early 1980.

An 18-month spell at Oxford United followed, before he took charge of First Division Wolves in February 1982. However, the team were in the relegation zone at the time of his appointment and he was unable to prevent the drop, winning just five of his 20 games. Bankruptcy struck in the summer and saw a new regime eventually take control who opted to replace Greaves.[6]

Greaves' final managerial job was in the lower leagues at Mansfield Town where he spent six years, guiding the Stags to promotion in 1985-86, and winning the Freight Rover Trophy at Wembley in 1987.

He died in Ainsworth on 2 January 2009.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bugby, Tony (2009-01-05), Rivals unite in grief for popular Greaves, oldham-chronicle.co.uk, http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/9/sport-news/18193/rivals-unite-in-grief-for-popular-greaves, retrieved on 2009-01-12 
  2. ^ Marsden, Carl (2009-01-07), Death of a Legend, oldhamadvertiser.co.uk, http://www.oldhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1089077_death_of_a_legend, retrieved on 2009-01-12 
  3. ^ Ian Greaves's playing career, Soccerbase
  4. ^ Howland, Andy and Roger (2001) Oxford United: the Headington Years. Perfitt-Bayliss, Marlow. ISBN 0-9541797-0-6
  5. ^ Ian Greaves's managerial career, Soccerbase
  6. ^ "Ian Greaves Dies At 76". wolvesheroes.com. 2009-01-03. http://www.wolvesheroes.com/2009/01/03/ian-greaves-dies-at-76/. Retrieved on 2009-01-03. 
  7. ^ "Ex-Mansfield Town managerial legend Ian Greaves dies". Mansfield Chad. 2009-01-02. http://www.chad.co.uk/stags/ExMansfield-Town-managerial-legend-Ian.4840456.jp. Retrieved on 2009-01-03. 
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(c) = caretaker manager
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