Phil Griggs

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Phil Griggs
Personnel
Surname Philip Ronald Griggs
birthday June 12, 1918
place of birth Southampton ,  England
date of death June 30, 1980
Place of death Southampton ,  England
position Half-striker
Juniors
Years station
Southampton Schools
Sholing Boys
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
Spring Albion
1937-1939 Southampton FC 1 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Philip Ronald "Phil" Griggs (born June 12, 1918 in Southampton , † June 30, 1980 ibid) was an English football player.

Career

Griggs reached the national finals of the school championship in 1932 with the Southampton school selection. In the aftermath, he was also a regular member of selection teams , mostly as a right - wing striker . In April 1936 he was the captain of a junior team from Southampton, the Hampshire FA he repeatedly represented between 1937 and 1939, including in games against Aldershot Command , selection teams of the Royal Air Force (November 1937 and December 1938), against the Royal Navy and against Dorset . For the amateur selection of the Football Association he was in December 1938 against the Royal Navy and in February 1939 against the Universities Athletic Union in action.

In June 1937 he came as an amateur to the second division Southampton FC and received a professional contract in April 1939. He made his debut in the Second Division under manager Tom Parker in May 1939, on the last day of the 1938/39 season , in a 2-0 away defeat by Plymouth Argyle . Griggs did not come to any further missions for Southampton, not even in the replacement competitions held after the Football League was discontinued due to the outbreak of World War II . Griggs lost a leg in the fighting, making it impossible to continue his football career.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Gary Chalk, Duncan Holley, David Bull: All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC . Hagiology Publishing, Southampton 2013, ISBN 978-0-9926864-0-6 , pp. 79 .
  2. ↑ JUNIOR FOOTBALLERS CELEBRATE . In: Portsmouth Evening News , April 20, 1936, p. 3.  (paid link)
  3. ↑ Hampshire v. Aldershot Command . In: Portsmouth Evening News , November 3, 1938, p. 12.  (paid link)
  4. ↑ COUNTY SIDE AT GOSPORT . In: Portsmouth Evening News , November 9, 1937, p. 10.  (paid link)
  5. ↑ Hampshire v. RAF . In: Portsmouth Evening News , November 30, 1938, p. 12.  (paid link)
  6. ↑ FATHER CHRISTMAS . In: Portsmouth Evening News , January 5, 1939, p. 8.  (paid link)
  7. ↑ Hants v. Dorset . In: Portsmouth Evening News , January 26, 1939, p. 8.  (paid link)
  8. ↑ RN v. FAA ELEVEN . In: Portsmouth Evening News , December 13, 1938, p. 12.  (paid link)
  9. ^ In UAU Team to Meet FA Amateur XI. . In: Sheffield Daily Telegraph , February 14, 1939, p. 12.  (paid link)
personal data
SURNAME Griggs, Phil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Griggs, Philip Ronald (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Southampton
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1980
Place of death Southampton