1. Ernie Gregory was an English footballer, who played as a goalkeeper for West Ham United.
11 Facts About Ernie Gregory
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Ernie Gregory joined the groundstaff at West Ham United in 1936.
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Ernie Gregory won an Isthmian League Championship medal with Leytonstone as an amateur, and made his first senior Hammers appearance for the midweek league team in 1938.
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Ernie Gregory gained his only international cap in an England B match against France in 1952.
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Ernie Gregory played his last game for West Ham in September 1959, a home game against Leeds United, and received a testimonial the following year, against LD Alajuelense of Costa Rica.
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Ernie Gregory totalled 382 league and 24 cup appearances for the club.
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Ernie Gregory stayed at West Ham after ending his playing career, and went on to coach the reserves, and then the first team, and helped with team administration.
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Ernie Gregory finally left the club in May 1987, after a 51-year association with the Irons.
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Ernie Gregory died on 21 January 2012 in a nursing home in Basildon, Essex, after a period of ill health, following a stroke in 2010.
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Ernie Gregory was predeceased by his wife, Yvonne and a daughter.
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Ernie Gregory was a one-club man, a player, a coach, a manager and he has to be the greatest servant that West Ham ever had.