Ron Greener

Ron Greener
Personnel
Surname	Ronald Greener
birthday	January 31, 1934
place of birth	Easington, County Durham ,  England
date of death	19th October 2015
Place of death	Darlington ,  England
size	180 cm
position	defender
Juniors
Years	station
	Barnsley FC
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
19 ?? - 1952	Easington Colliery AFC
1952-1955	Newcastle United	3 (0)
1955-1967	Darlington FC	442 (5)
1967-1969	Stockton FC
1 Only league games are given.

Ronald "Ron" Greener (born January 31, 1934 in Easington (County Durham) , † October 19, 2015 in Darlington ) was an English football player .

Career

In his youth he played for Barnsley FC and later moved to the Easington Colliery AFC as a professional soccer player.

In 1952 he moved to Newcastle United and made his debut on October 3, 1953 in a 2-0 home loss to Charlton Athletic . After that he only played twice for Newcastle.

After three years he moved to Darlington FC , where he spent most of his career and is still the record player with 490 competitive games.

At the end of his career, he moved to Stockton FC for two years

Trivia

He refused military service and worked as a blacksmith .

The conference room in the Darlington Arena was named after him in his honor.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ barryhugmansfootballers.com: Profile Ron Greener , accessed June 25, 2020
2. ↑ http://toon1892.com/detail_player.php?id=302
3. ↑ http://darlingtonfootballclub.co.uk/history/club-honours-records/
4. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.