Michael Greenwood

Michael Greenwood

Personal information
Date of birth	(1935-04-09)9 April 1935
Place of birth	Barnsley, England
Date of death	25 April 2021(2021-04-25) (aged 86)
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1962	Bishop Auckland
International career
1960	Great Britain	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Moore Greenwood (9 April 1935 – 25 April 2021) was an English footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Greenwood, who played as an amateur for Bishop Auckland at the time, represented Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics,[1] making one appearance in the tournament.[2][3] He combined his football career with working as a PE teacher.[4]

Greenwood later worked at the National Sports Centre at Lilleshall Hall and was also employed by the Sports Council in West Yorkshire.[4]

Later life and death

As of April 2012 he was living in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.[4] He organises reunions for the surviving players of the 1960 Olympic squad.[4]

In April 2012, Greenwood publicly expressed a number of concerns about the British team due to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[4]

Greenwood died on 25 April 2021, at the age of 86.[5]

References

1. "Michael Greenwood". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
2. Michael Greenwood – FIFA competition record (archived)
3. "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
4. Paul Plunkett (23 April 2012). "London 2012: GB team at 1960 Games united by love of football". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
5. "Mike Greenwood – Bishop Auckland FC". bishopafc.com. Retrieved 5 December 2022.