Gary Croft

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Gary Croft
Personal information
Full name	Gary Croft
Date of birth	February 17, 1974 (1974-02-17) (age 34)
Place of birth	Burton upon Trent, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Left Back
Club information
Current club	Lincoln City
Number	3
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992–1996 1996–1999 1999–2002 2002 2002 2002–2005 2005–2007 2007	Grimsby Town Blackburn Rovers Ipswich Town → Wigan Athletic (loan) → Cardiff City (loan) Cardiff City Grimsby Town Lincoln City	172 (4) 052 (1) 037 (1) 007 (0) 008 (1) 080 (2) 061 (0) 014 (0)
National team2
1995	England U21	004 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:03, 8 November 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 13:40, 24 October 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Gary Croft (born February 17, 1974 in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England) is an English football player, who currently plays for Lincoln City after signing a one-year contract for the 2007/08 season following successful trials at the club.

He is most famous nationwide for being the first footballer to play whilst wearing an electronic tag [1], when playing for Ipswich Town.

Gary made his under-21s debut against Brazil under-21s on 6 June 1995, David Beckham also made his debut in the same match. [2]

After being released by Grimsby Town at the end of the 2006/2007 season and after having a successful trail at Lincoln City he signed for them on the 27 July 2007.

Gary is currently a free agent after one season with Lincoln City.

Contents 1 Honours 1.1 Cardiff 1.2 Grimsby Town 1.3 Ipswich Town 2 External links

[edit] Honours

[edit] Cardiff

• Second Division playoff winner: 2003

[edit] Grimsby Town

• Supporters Player of the Year: 1995
• Supporters Young Player of the Year: 1993,1994,1995

[edit] Ipswich Town

• First Division playoff winner: 2000

[edit] External links

• Gary Croft career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Lincoln City F.C. – current squad 2 Green • 5 Beevers • 6 Brown • 7 Frecklington • 8 Forrester • 11 Kerr • 13 Duffy • 15 Wright • 17 N'Guessan • 20 Warlow • 21 King • 23 Clarke • 25 Pembleton • 27 Hone • 29 John-Lewis • Acting Manager: Onuora

Persondata
NAME	Croft, Gary
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	English footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	17 February 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH	Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH