Kevin Gray

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Kevin Gray
Personal information
Full name	Kevin John Gray
Date of birth	January 7, 1972 (1972-01-07) (age 36)
Place of birth	Sheffield, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Chesterfield
Number	6
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990–1994 1994–2002 2000 2002–2003 2003–2007 2007–	Mansfield Town Huddersfield Town → Stockport County (loan) Tranmere Rovers Carlisle United Chesterfield	141 0(3) 230 0(6) 001 0(0) 012 0(1) 130 (11) 003 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:32, 1 September 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Kevin John Gray (born January 7, 1972 in Sheffield, England) is an English footballer, playing as a defender for Chesterfield.

[edit] Football career

He started his career at Mansfield Town signing as a trainee in July 1990 and had a successful 4 year period at "The Stags". In 1994 Gray joined Huddersfield Town at the newly built McAlpine Stadium and played there for 8 years and played just under 300 games for "The Terriers" and he played one game on loan at Stockport County in 2000.

While at Huddersfield, Gray tackled Bradford City striker Gordon Watson in February, 1997, the sliding tackle broke Watson's leg and left him out injured for 16 months. Watson successfully sued Gray for negligence and was awarded £50,000 in interim damages.^[1] as well as a latter £900,000, the bulk of which was to compensate for the loss of anticipated earnings.^[2][3]

Then he joined Tranmere Rovers in 2002 where he had a nightmare spell playing just 18 games in 16 months.

In November 2003 he joined Carlisle United, where he had a successful spell, playing a major part in the Conference and League Two successes and captaining the club. He was released in May 2007.^[4]

Gray was signed by Chesterfield F.C. on 7 June 2007.^[5]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Kevin Gray's career stats at Soccerbase
• Kevin Gray's Carlisle United factfile at News & Star
• Feature on Gordon Watson's damages claim

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Persondata
NAME	Gray, Kevin John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gray, Kevin
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH	January 7, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH