Roy Rea Football player

Robert "Roy" Rea (28 November 1934 – 5 April 2005) was a Northern Ireland international footballer who played in the Irish League as a goalkeeper with Glenavon and Glentoran. He won one 'B' cap, and four amateur caps for Northern Ireland and thirteen inter-league caps for the Irish League in the 1950s.With Glenavon, he won the Irish League championship in 1956/57, two Irish Cups (1956/57 and 1958/59), one Gold Cup and one Ulster Cup. With Glentoran he won the Gold Cup in 1962/63; the same year in which he was named Ulster Footballer of the Year.Although he never won a full international cap, Rea was a member of the Northern Ireland squad at the 1958 World Cup, as the second reserve goalkeeper, but did not travel to Sweden.

Personal facts

Birth dateNovember 28, 1934
Birth place
Belfast , Northern Ireland
Date of deathApril 05, 2005
Place of death
Toronto , Canada
Height (meters)1.7526

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Football player

teams
Glentoran F.C.
Banbridge Town F.C.
Glenavon F.C.
Burnaby Villa
Toronto Italia

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Roy Rea on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://irishleaguegreats.blogspot.com/2007/09/roy-rea.html