Michael O'Grady

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Michael O'Grady
Personnel
Surname Michael O'Grady
birthday October 11, 1942
place of birth Leeds ,  England
position Winger (left)
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1959-1965 Huddersfield Town 160 (26)
1965-1969 Leeds United 91 (12)
1969-1972 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 0(5)
1972 →  Birmingham City  (loan) 3 0(0)
1972-1974 Rotherham United 24 0(2)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1961-1965 England U-23 3 0(1)
1962-1969 England 2 0(3)
1 Only league games are given.

Michael "Mike" O'Grady (born October 11, 1942 in Leeds ) is a former English football player . Mostly used as a left winger , the two-time England international won the trade fair cup with Leeds United in 1968 and the English championship a year later .

Athletic career

Although O'Grady was born in Leeds, his footballing career began with local rivals Huddersfield Town . There he signed a first professional contract in October 1959 and after just 16 competitive appearances he completed his first of a total of three international matches for the English U-23 team. Although the second division from Huddersfield was one of the less spectacular football teams in the English game, O'Grady stood out with his performances and so he celebrated his debut in the senior team in October 1962 - he scored in the game against Northern Ireland in Belfast two goals straight away. Although he had to wait more than six years for his next probation opportunity with the "Three Lions", but in October 1965, his wish to find work at the hometown club was fulfilled when Leeds coach Don Revie signed him for a transfer fee of 30,000 pounds. For the "Terriers" from Huddersfield he had previously played a total of 160 league games.

Although O'Grady felt primarily at home in the role of the left winger, Revie found him often in other positions. O'Grady acted on the right flank as well as a right half- forward and at times even as a left flank , which initially benefited players on the left like Albert Johanneson and Terry Cooper . A number of injury problems have overshadowed his time at Leeds. In March 1969 he came nonetheless to a second and final international match for England, in which he again scored a 5-0 goal against France . He had previously played the final second leg with Leeds in the trade fair cup in September 1968 and defended the 1-0 from the first leg with a goalless draw at Ferencváros Budapest . During the 1968/69 season, which had its climax with winning the English championship , he had fought for a regular place on the right side and contributed eight goals in 38 league games to the success. When shortly afterwards with Eddie Gray and Peter Lorimer the new "wing tongs" from Leeds United and with Terry Hibbitt and Jimmy Greenhoff their substitutes crystallized, O'Gradys left the club in September 1969 in the direction of Wolverhampton Wanderers . A few days earlier he had scored one of the fastest goals in the history of the competition in the European Champions Cup in a 10-0 victory over Lyn Oslo with a goal after 35 seconds.

Also with the "Wolves" O'Grady plagued various injuries - a tendon injury in particular ensured that he could not play a professional game for more than a year - and after a short loan period in February 1972 in the service of Birmingham City , he moved to Rotherham in November 1972 United . There he ended his active career after he had been able to show little of his previous qualities and was relegated to the fourth division. He later worked as a technician in a TV studio for almost two decades; he also ran a restaurant in Aberford . He remained loyal to football mostly at charity events in which ex-Leeds United players participated.

Title / Awards

literature

  • Martin Jarred & Malcolm MacDonald: Leeds United - The Complete Record . DB Publishing, 2012, ISBN 978-1-78091-031-4 , pp. 243 f .
  • Hayes, Dean P .: England! England! The Complete Who's Who of Players since 1946 . Sutton Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-7509-3234-1 , pp. 155 f .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "England - U-23 International Results- Details" (RSSSF)
personal data
SURNAME O'Grady, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES O'Grady, Mike
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Leeds , England