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English footballer (1934–2017)

Maurice Galley
Personal information
Full name Maurice Galley
Date of birth (1934-08-10)10 August 1934
Place of birth Clowne, England
Date of death February 2017(2017-02-00) (aged 82)
Place of death Nottinghamshire, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Wing half
Youth career
19??–1954 Chesterfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1959 Chesterfield 55 (5)
1959–1961 Boston United 72 (0)
1961–1962 Worksop Town
1962–196? Loughborough United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Maurice Galley (10 August 1934 – February 2017) is an English former footballer who scored 5 goals from 55 appearances in the Football League playing as a wing half for Chesterfield in the 1950s. He also played non-league football for teams including Boston United, Worksop Town, and Loughborough United, with whom he won the Midland League in 1962–63.

After his football career finished, Galley joined the police. He was a member of the Nottinghamshire Police football team that won the Police Athletic Association (PAA) Cup in 1969. Galley died in Nottinghamshire in February 2017 at the age of 82.

Galley's brothers Gordon and John Galley also played in the Football League.

References

  1. ^ "Maurice Galley". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Claimed the left half position as his very own". Loughborough Echo. 24 May 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015 – via Highbeam Research.
  3. Basson, Stuart (18 February 2010). "Chesterfield FC: Football League players, 1921 to 2008". Chesterfield F.C. Archived from the original (XLS) on 4 December 2011.
  4. "Season 1959/60 – Statistics". Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015 and "Season 1960/61 – Statistics". bufc.drfox.org.uk. Ken Fox. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  5. "Team travels from far afield to remember the year of glory" (PDF). Force Times. Nottinghamshire Police. June 2009. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  6. "Player search: Galley, GW (Gordon)". English National Football Archive (ENFA). Retrieved 14 April 2024.
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