Gary Strodder

Gary Strodder
Personal information
Date of birth	1 April 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Cleckheaton, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
	Yorkshire Amateur
Senior career*
Years	Team
1982–1987	Lincoln City
1987–1990	West Ham United
1990–1995	West Bromwich Albion
1995–1999	Notts County
1998–1999	→ Rotherham United (loan)
1999–2001	Hartlepool United
	Guiseley
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gary Strodder (born 1 April 1965) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre half.

Career

Born in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, Strodder came through the youth system of Yorkshire Amateur.^[2] He joined Lincoln City in 1982, spending five years at the club and being voted the club's player of the year in 1986, before signing for West Ham United. After three years at West Ham, he moved on to West Bromwich Albion, who he helped to promotion via the playoff final at Wembley Stadium in a team managed by Argentinian and Tottenham Hotspur legend Ossie Ardiles. In 1996 he signed for Notts County, where he was selected for the Third Division PFA Team of the Year in 1997–98. In 1998–99 he had a spell on loan at Rotherham United, before joining Hartlepool United. In 2001 he dropped into non-League football with Guiseley.^[3] After retiring from playing he worked for the community development section at Leeds United, before going into business in Menorca.^[4]

Individual

^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 388. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
^ History Yorkshire Amateur A.F.C.
^ Gary Strodder at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
^ Paul Smith (2018) Record Breakers: The Inside Story of Notts County's Momentous 1997/98 Title Triumph
^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The 1998–99 Official PFA Footballers Factfile. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 352. ISBN 978-1-85291-588-9.