David Grant (footballer, born 1947)

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David Grant
Personal information
Full name David John Grant [1]
Date of birth (1947-12-18) 18 December 1947 (age 76) [1]
Place of birth Liverpool, England [2]
Position(s) Left-half
Youth career
Everton
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1965–1966 Everton 0 (0)
1966–1967 Wrexham 11 (0)
Bangor City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David John Grant (born 18 December 1947) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left-half. A product of the Everton youth set up, he made appearances in the English Football League with Welsh club Wrexham. [1] He also played for Bangor City. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "David Grant". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. 1 2 "David Grant". Neil Brown. Retrieved 1 March 2019.