Gary Moore (footballer, born 1945)

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Gary Moore
Personal information
Date of birth(1945-11-04)4 November 1945
Place of birth Sedgefield, England
Date of death 20 November 2021(2021-11-20) (aged 76)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
–1964 Sunderland
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1964–1966 Sunderland 13 (2)
1966–1968 Grimsby Town 53 (15)
1968–1974 Southend United 164 (46)
1974 → Colchester United (loan) 11 (7)
1974–1976 Chester 43 (4)
1976–1978 Swansea City 34 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:05, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Gary Moore (4 November 1945 - 20 November 2021) was an English former footballer who played in The Football League.

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Career

Moore, born in Sedgefield, County Durham, gained school representative honours with Sunderland Boys and Durham County Boys, he then signed for Sunderland as an amateur when he was still 15. At 16 he played for the England Youth Team and became a full-time professional at 17. After six seasons at Roker Park, Moore was transferred to Grimsby, where he notched up 15 goals in an 18 months stay. When he arrived at Roots Hall, he was yet another in the long line of North-countrymen to move to Southend in an effort to find fame and fortune with United. He made 164 league appearances with Southend, and had a successful loan spell at Essex rivals Colchester. He later moved on to Chester, where he scored in the Football League Cup semi-final against Aston Villa, [1] and then Swansea before retiring through injury. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "When Fourth Division Chester took Villa to the wire". Birmingham Mail. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Southend United database - Gary Moore". sufcdb.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
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