Greatest Players No 43 - Frank Gray

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Frank Gray (1971-1979)

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Younger Brother of Eddie and Father of Andy, Frank was born in Glasgow in 1954. Winner of 32 Scottish caps. Frank first joined Leeds in 1970, emulating brother Eddie's feat of scoring on debut, he quickly settled in midfield, gaining 5 under 23 caps before moving to left back. Moved to Nottingham Forest in 1979, for a then club record £500,000, where he won an European Cup winners medal to compliment the runners up medal gained at Leeds. He returned to Leeds in 1981 for £300,000 and became Scotland's left back in the 1982 World Cup. In all he made 396 starts and scored 35 goals before joining Sunderland in 1985.