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ian gray

12/28/2015

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Today as our milestone 200th post, we honour a man who left us too early in life.
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Socceroo #330, Ian Gray, is the earliest player to represent from Sydney's Northern beaches. Ian was proud of his links to the Manly Vale club and Miller Reserve where he played all his GrassRoots football before going into senior football with APIA & then Marconi. 
He debuted for Australia in the same game as Frank Farina and Wally Savor against China in 1984 as part of our bid for Mexico '86. 
Ian was coaching at Maccabi U15's when he died at the age of only 46.

​Vale Ian, and a big thank you to Roy & Avenel for these wonderful pieces of GrassRoots football history.
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Terry Gatward link
11/23/2017 11:53:30 am

In September 2015, with the permission of Ian's father Avenel Gray, Manly Vale Football Club named their perpetual Senior Player of the Year trophy as the "Ian Gray Senior Men's Player of the Year trophy". Ian is fondly remembered by our club.

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    Greg Werner began playing in 1965, with the GrassRoots club of Socceroo skipper Murray Barnes, a change of suburb at age 6 and a new club, one that would become the GrassRoots club of Rob Wheatley & after a 27 year hiatus came back to playing with the GrassRoots club of Socceroos Steve Perry, Richie Bell, Chris Iconomidis & Matilda, Justine Fisher, one could say that the links with the NT are ingrained.
    At age 55, when his body gave up on playing, he took up the whistle to stay actively involved. In November of 2014 he created the GFP on Facebook to fill the void left by those in control of the game & in January 2016 launched this website.
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