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Michael Greenwood
Personal information
Date of birth (1935-04-09) 9 April 1935 (age 89)
Place of birth Barnsley, England
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Bishop Auckland
International career
1960 Great Britain 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael M. Greenwood (born 9 April 1935) is an English former 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, making one appearance in the tournament.[1][2] He combined his football career with working as a PE teacher.[3]

He later worked at the National Sports Centre at Lilleshall Hall and was also employed by the Sports Council in West Yorkshire.[3]

Later life

Greenwood is retired; in April 2012 he was living in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.[3] He organises reunions for the surviving players of the 1960 Olympic squad.[3]

In April 2012, Greenwood publicly expressed a number of concerns about the British team due to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[3]

References

  1. ^ Michael GreenwoodFIFA competition record (archived)
  2. ^ "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e Paul Plunkett (23 April 2012). "London 2012: GB team at 1960 Games united by love of football". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 October 2014.