Roy Pack

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Roy Pack
Personal information
Full name Roy James Pack [1]
Date of birth (1946-09-20) 20 September 1946 (age 76)
Place of birth Stoke Newington, England
Position(s) Full back
Youth career
1962–1965 Arsenal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1965–1966 Arsenal 1 (0)
1966–1969 Portsmouth 91 (0)
1969 Cape Town City
1969–1970 Oxford United 0 (0)
Total92(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roy James Pack (born 20 September 1946) is an English former professional footballer who played as a full back.

Career

Born in Stoke Newington, Pack joined Arsenal in 1962. [2] He later played for Portsmouth, making 91 appearances in the Football League for them, before playing in South Africa with Cape Town City. [3] He spent the 1969–70 season with Oxford United, but left without making an appearance, due to injury. [4]

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References

  1. "Roy Pack". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  2. Profile - Arsenal F.C.
  3. Roy Pack at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  4. Profile - Rage Online Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine