Gordon Galley

Gordon Galley

Personal information
Full name	Gordon Walter Galley[1]
Date of birth	4 February 1930[1]
Place of birth	Worksop,[1] England
Playing position	Outside left
Youth career
1945–1947	Sheffield Wednesday
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1947–1948	Sheffield Wednesday	0	(0)
1948–1952	Darlington	60	(12)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Gordon Walter Galley (born 4 February 1930) is an English former footballer who scored 12 goals from 60 appearances in the Football League playing as a outside left for Darlington in the years following the Second World War. He was also on the books of Sheffield Wednesday, but never played for them in the League.^[2] Teammate Baden Powell described him as "a lanky, tricky sort of player": ^[3] After a transfer request produced no offers, Galley joined the police.^[4]

Galley's younger brothers Maurice and John Galley also played in the Football League.^[5][6]

References

1. "Gordon Galley". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
2. "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
3. Amos, Mike (12 June 2012). "Baden Baden". The Northern Echo (Darlington). Retrieved 7 July 2015.
4. Amos, Mike (9 June 2010). "Gordon in search of his fellow Quakers". The Northern Echo (Darlington). Retrieved 7 July 2015.
5. "Claimed the left half position as his very own". Loughborough Echo. 24 May 2013 – via Highbeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
6. "Maurice Galley" and "John Galley". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 July 2015.