Personal information | |||
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Full name | Julius Gregory[1] | ||
Date of birth | 4 July 1881 | ||
Place of birth | Romiley, England | ||
Date of death | 20 July 1916[2] | (aged 35)||
Place of death | High Wood, France[3] | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1899–1902 | Bury | 0 | (0) |
1902–1903 | Unsworth | ||
1903–1905 | Bury | 14 | (0) |
1905–1906 | Manchester City | 3 | (0) |
1906–1908 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 64 | (1) |
1908–1909 | Luton Town | 28 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Julius Gregory (4 July 1881 – 20 July 1916) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Bury and Manchester City as a full back.[1][4]
Gregory attended Manchester Grammar School.[5] In late 1914, a matter of months after the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted in as a private in the 20th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.[6] Gregory was killed during an attack on High Wood during the Battle of the Somme on 20 July 1916 and was commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.[3][2]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bury | 1903–04[3] | First Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
1904–05[3] | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
Manchester City | 1905–06[3] | First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 1906–07[3] | Southern League First Division | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
1907–08[3] | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
Total | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1 | ||
Luton Town | 1908–09[7] | Southern League First Division | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
Career total | 109 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 112 | 1 |