Maurice Galley

Maurice Galley
Personal information
Full name Maurice Galley[1]
Date of birth (1934-08-10) 10 August 1934[1]
Place of birth Clowne,[1] England
Playing position Wing half
Youth career
19??–1954 Chesterfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1959 Chesterfield 55 (5)
1959–1961 Boston United 72 (0)
1961–1962 Worksop Town
1962–196? Loughborough United

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Maurice Galley (born 10 August 1934) is an English former footballer who scored 5 goals from 55 appearances in the Football League playing as a wing half for Chesterfield in the 1950s.[2] He also played non-league football for teams including Boston United,[3] Worksop Town, and Loughborough United, with whom he won the Midland League in 1962–63.[4]

After his football career finished, Galley joined the police. He was a member of the Nottinghamshire Police football team that won the Police Athletic Association (PAA) Cup in 1969.[5]

Galley's brothers Gordon and John Galley also played in the Football League.[4][6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Maurice Galley". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  2. Basson, Stuart (18 February 2010). "Chesterfield FC: Football League players, 1921 to 2008". Chesterfield F.C. Archived from the original (XLS) on 4 December 2011.
  3. "Season 1959/60 – Statistics" and"Season 1960/61 – Statistics". bufc.drfox.org.uk. Ken Fox. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Claimed the left half position as his very own". Loughborough Echo. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2015 via Highbeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
  5. "Team travels from far afield to remember the year of glory" (PDF). Force Times. Nottinghamshire Police. June 2009. p. 11. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  6. "Gordon Galley" and "John Galley". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 July 2015.


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