Colin Grainger

Colin Grainger

Personal information
Full name	Colin Grainger[1]
Date of birth	(1933-06-10)10 June 1933[1]
Place of birth	Havercroft, West Yorkshire, England[1]
Date of death	19 June 2022(2022-06-19) (aged 89)[2]
Place of death	Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire, England[2]
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3]
Position(s)	Outside left
Youth career
194?–1949	South Elmsall
1949–1950	Wrexham
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1950–1953	Wrexham	5	(0)
1953–1957	Sheffield United	88	(26)
1957–1960	Sunderland	120	(14)
1960–1961	Leeds United	41	(6)
1961–1964	Port Vale	39	(6)
1964–1966	Doncaster Rovers	40	(3)
1966	Macclesfield Town	3	(0)
1969–1972	Newmillerdam
1972–1978	Woolley Miners Welfare
Total		328	(54)
National team
1956	The Football League XI	2	(1)
1956–1957	England	7	(3)
Teams managed
1969–1972	Newmillerdam (player-manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Colin Grainger (10 June 1933 – 20 June 2022) was an English footballer. He played outside left and had a 16-year career in the Football League from 1950 to 1966. He made seven appearances for the England national football team between 1956 until 1957. He was born in Havercroft, West Yorkshire, England.

Grainger played for Sunderland A.F.C. between 1957 until 1960, making 120 appearances. From 1953 until 1957, he played Sheffield United F.C., making 88 appearances. He also played for Port Vale F.C. and Doncaster Rovers F.C..

In March 2020, Grainger was moved to a care home in Kirklees, West Yorkshire.^[4] He died on 20 June 2022, ten days after his 89th birthday.^[5]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[6][7]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Wrexham	1950–51	Third Division North	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	1951–52	Third Division North	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1952–53	Third Division North	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Sheffield United	1953–54	First Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	1954–55	First Division	25	6	0	0	0	0	25	6
	1955–56	First Division	39	8	4	1	0	0	43	9
	1956–57	Second Division	21	12	3	0	0	0	24	12
	Total		88	26	7	1	0	0	95	27
Sunderland	1956–57	First Division	13	1	0	0	0	0	13	1
	1957–58	First Division	30	4	1	0	0	0	31	4
	1958–59	Second Division	36	3	1	0	0	0	37	3
	1959–60	Second Division	41	6	2	0	0	0	43	6
	Total		120	14	4	0	0	0	124	14
Leeds United	1960–61	Second Division	41	6	2	0	0	0	43	6
Port Vale	1961–62	Third Division	11	1	7	0	0	0	18	1
	1962–63	Third Division	25	5	3	2	1	0	29	7
	1963–64	Third Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		39	6	10	2	1	0	50	8
Doncaster Rovers	1964–65	Fourth Division	35	3	3	0	3	0	41	3
	1965–66	Fourth Division	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
	Total		40	3	3	0	4	0	47	3
Macclesfield Town	1966–67	Cheshire County League	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
Career total			328	54	25	3	9	1	362	58

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
England[8][9]	1956	6	3
	1957	1	0
Total		7	3

Honours

England

• British Home Championship: 1956–57^[10]

Woolley Miners Welfare

• Yorkshire League Division 2 promotion: 1972–73

References

1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 115. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
2. "Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records - from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
3. Dykes, Garth; Lamming, Doug (2000). All the Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderland AFC. Great Britain. p. 162. ISBN 9781899538157.
4. "Colin Grainger: Kirklees carers shocked by England football past". BBC News. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
5. "Sheffield United pay tribute as Blades announce the passing of Colin Grainger". MSN.
6. Stats Archived 31 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine Statcat
7. "Stats". silkmenarchives.org.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
8. "Player profile". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
9. "englandstats.com | 755 Colin Grainger (1956–1957)". www.englandstats.com. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
10. "England Players – Colin Grainger". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 14 December 2019.