Roy Rea

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Roy Rea
Personal information
Full name	Robert Rea
Date of birth	28 November 1934
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Date of death	5 April 2005(2005-04-05) (aged 70)
Place of death	Toronto, Canada
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1951–1953	Banbridge Town
1953–1962	Glenavon
1961	→ Toronto Italia (loan)
1962–1963	Glentoran	21	(0)
1963–1966	Toronto Italia
1967–1970	Burnaby Villa
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Robert "Roy" Rea (28 November 1934 – 5 April 2005) was a Northern Ireland international footballer who played in the Irish League as a goalkeeper with Glenavon and Glentoran. He won one 'B' cap, and four amateur caps for Northern Ireland and thirteen inter-league caps for the Irish League in the 1950s.

With Glenavon, he won the Irish League championship in 1956/57, two Irish Cups (1956/57 and 1958/59), one Gold Cup and one Ulster Cup. With Glentoran he won the Gold Cup in 1962/63; the same year in which he was named Ulster Footballer of the Year.^[1]

Although he never won a full international cap, Rea was a member of the Northern Ireland squad at the 1958 World Cup, as the second reserve goalkeeper.

References

↑ M. Brodie (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 2009-2010, p. 102. Belfast:Ulster Tatler Publications

External links

Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats

v t e Northern Ireland squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup

1 Gregg 2 Cunningham 3 McMichael 4 Blanchflower (c) 5 Keith 6 Peacock 7 Bingham 8 Cush 9 Simpson 10 McIlroy 11 McParland 12 Uprichard 13 Casey 14 Scott 15 McCrory 16 Dougan 17 Coyle 18 Rea 19 Graham 20 Chapman 21 Hamill 22 Trainor Coach: Doherty

Persondata
Name	Rea, Roy
Alternative names
Short description	Northern Irish footballer
Date of birth	28 November 1934
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Date of death	5 April 2005
Place of death	Toronto, Canada

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