Gary Sprake is pictured above during Leeds United's match against Coventry City.
Gary, played over 500 times during an 11 year period for Leeds United, in which the club
won the Second Division (1963-64) and First Division (1968-69) titles, in addition to the
League Cup (1968) and two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups (1968 & 1971).
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| Leeds Utd: |
1961-1962 |
Played |
1 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 2) |
| |
1962-1963 |
Played |
33 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 2) |
| |
1963-1964 |
Played |
41 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 2) |
| |
1964-1965 |
Played |
41 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
| |
1965-1966 |
Played |
40 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
| |
1966-1967 |
Played |
39 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
| |
1967-1968 |
Played |
36 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
| |
1968-1969 |
Played |
42 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
| |
1969-1970 |
Played |
37 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
|
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|
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|
|
|
| |
1970-1971 |
Played |
34 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
| |
1971-1972 |
Played |
35 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
| |
1972-1973 |
Played |
1 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
| |
1973-1974 |
Played |
0 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
| |
| Transferred to Birmingham City in October 1973 |
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| He played just 16 games for them between 1973 and 1975. |
Between 1963 and 1975 Goalkeeper Gary Sprake played 37 games for Wales,
making his debut on 20 November 1963 against Scotland at the age of 18.
A back injury brought Sprake's career to an end at the age of 30, resulting from a near
fatal blood clot in his back which forced him to undergo spinal fusion surgery.
Following his retirement, Sprake worked as a rep for a short period before becoming a
borough council training officer in Solihull, a job which he remained in for over 14 years.
He died on 18th. October 2016 aged 71.