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{{Short description|Northern Irish footballer and manager (1932–2020)}}
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| name           = Harry Gregg<br /><small>{{nobold|{{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}}}}</small>
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| fullname       = Harry Gregg<ref>{{hugman|7764|access-date=4 September 2018}}</ref>
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1932|10|27|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Tobermore]], Northern Ireland
| death_date     = {{death date and age|2020|2|16|1932|10|27|df=y}}
| death_place    = [[Coleraine]], Northern Ireland
| height         = {{convert|6|ft|0|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
| position       = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| youthyears1    = |youthclubs1 = [[Linfield F.C.|Windsor Park Swifts]]
| youthyears2    = |youthclubs2 = [[Coleraine F.C.|Coleraine]]
| years1         = 1952–1957 |clubs1 = [[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers]]   |caps1 = 94  |goals1 = 0
| years2         = 1957–1966 |clubs2 = [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] |caps2 = 210 |goals2 = 0
| years3         = 1966–1967 |clubs3 = [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]]               |caps3 = 2   |goals3 = 0
| totalcaps      = 306 |totalgoals = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1954–1963 |nationalteam1 = [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] |nationalcaps1 = 25 |nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1  = 1968–1972 |managerclubs1 = [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]]
| manageryears2  = 1972–1975 |managerclubs2 = [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]]
| manageryears3  = 1975–1978 |managerclubs3 = [[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]]
| manageryears4  = 1986–1987 |managerclubs4 = [[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]]
}}
'''Harry Gregg''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|commas=on|OBE}} (27 October 1932 – 16 February 2020) was a Northern Irish professional [[association football|footballer]] and manager. A [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]], he played for [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] during the reign of [[Matt Busby|Sir Matt Busby]], with a total of 247 appearances for the club. He was a survivor of the [[Munich air disaster]] in 1958. Gregg also played for [[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers]] and [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]], as well as making 25 appearances for the [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland national team]] between 1954 and 1963, including at the [[1958 FIFA World Cup]]. He later went into management with [[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]], [[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]], [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]] and [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]].

==Club career==
[[File:Manchester United FC 1960.jpg|thumb|A Manchester United team photo from 1960. Gregg is on the back row in the green shirt.]]
Gregg was born in [[Tobermore]], [[County Londonderry]] to William and Isobel Gregg, who soon after moved to [[Coleraine]]. While working as an apprentice joiner, he started his football career with [[Windsor Park Swifts F.C.|Windsor Park Swifts]], the [[reserve team]] of [[Linfield F.C.|Linfield]], before signing for his local club, [[Coleraine F.C.|Coleraine]]. At the age of 18, he earned a move across the [[Irish Sea]] to [[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers]].<ref>{{Cite news |first=Liam |last=Hoden |title=Doncaster Rovers pay tribute to former goalkeeper Harry Gregg |url=https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/sport/football/doncaster-rovers-pay-tribute-former-goalkeeper-harry-gregg-1756698 |work=Doncaster Free Press |date=17 February 2020 |access-date=17 February 2020 }}</ref> In December 1957, he transferred to [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] for £23,500,<ref>{{cite web |title=Harry Gregg delighted at line-up for Manchester United testimonial |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18071418 |website=BBC News |date=15 May 2012 |access-date=15 May 2012 }}</ref><ref name=times/> at the time a world-record fee for a goalkeeper.<ref name=times/><ref name="Manutd">{{cite web |url=http://www.manutd.com/en/Players-And-Staff/Legends/Harry-Gregg.aspx |title=Legends: Harry Gregg |website=ManUtd.com |publisher=Manchester United |access-date=15 May 2012 }}</ref>

He is sometimes referred to as "The Hero of Munich" for his actions in the aftermath of the [[Munich air disaster]], pulling his teammates – including [[Bobby Charlton]], [[Jackie Blanchflower]] and [[Dennis Viollet]] – from the burning plane.<ref name=times/> Among others he helped were Vera Lukić, the pregnant wife of a Yugoslav diplomat and her two-year-old daughter, Vesna, as well as his badly injured manager, [[Matt Busby]]. [[George Best]], who used to clean Gregg's boots, said, "Bravery is one thing but what Harry did was about more than bravery. It was about goodness."<ref>{{cite news |first=Andy |last=Mitten |title=Remembering Harry Gregg: the Manchester United legend and reluctant hero of Munich |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/remembering-harry-gregg-manchester-united-legend-and-reluctant-hero-munich-air-disaster-man-utd |newspaper=FourFourTwo |publisher=Future Publishing |date=17 February 2020 |access-date=17 February 2020 }}</ref>

Gregg played in United's first match after the disaster, a FA Cup fifth round tie with [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]].<ref name=times/> United won 3–0 and went on to reach the [[1958 FA Cup Final]], which they lost 2–0 to [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]].<ref name=times/> The second goal in the final was scored in controversial fashion as [[Nat Lofthouse]] barged Gregg, and the ball with him, into the goal.<ref name=times/> United finished ninth in the league that season, as their league form declined after losing so many players in the Munich tragedy.<ref>{{Cite book |first=Søren |last=Frank |title=Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: A Cultural Analysis of Manchester United |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7MXbqWL1cGkC&q=united+munich+ninth+league&pg=PA98 |publisher=Bloomsbury Sport |isbn=978-1408187425 |date=2013 |page=98 }}</ref>

He was unable to earn a winners' medal with United, despite playing for the club during a successful period. He was ruled out of the [[1963 FA Cup Final]] victory due to a shoulder injury,<ref name=times/> and a succession of injuries meant that he could not play enough games to qualify for a league championship medal in the [[1964–65 in English football|1964–65]] season, and he was sold during the first half of their title-winning campaign in [[1966–67 in English football|1966–67]]. During his United career, Gregg kept 48 clean sheets in 247 appearances.<ref>{{cite news |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30383827 |title=Harry Gregg: Former Manchester United and Northern Ireland goalkeeper dies aged 87 |date=17 February 2020}}</ref>

Gregg was transferred to [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] in December 1966.<ref name=times/> He played twice for Stoke, with mixed success; in his first match, he conceded four against [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] as Stoke lost 4–2, and then kept a clean sheet in a 2–0 victory over [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]]. He retired at the end of the [[1966–67 Stoke City F.C. season|1966–67]] season.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City">{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}</ref>

==International career==
Gregg won 25 [[Cap (football)|caps]] for the [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland national team]]. He made his international debut in March 1954, playing against [[Wales national football team|Wales]].<ref name=times/> Gregg featured as Northern Ireland won 3–2 against [[England national football team|England]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]] in November 1957, and helped them qualify for the [[1958 FIFA World Cup]].<ref name=times/> He was voted the best goalkeeper of the tournament, in which Northern Ireland reached the quarter-finals.<ref name=times/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/norman-uprichard-goalkeeper-who-helped-northern-ireland-reach-the-1958-world-cup-quarterfinals-2212535.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220509/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/norman-uprichard-goalkeeper-who-helped-northern-ireland-reach-the-1958-world-cup-quarterfinals-2212535.html |archive-date=9 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Norman Uprichard: Goalkeeper who helped Northern Ireland reach the 1958 World Cup quarter-finals |last=Ponting |first=Ivan |work=The Independent |date=12 February 2011 |access-date=15 May 2012 |location=London}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
In 1968, Gregg was appointed [[manager (association football)|manager]] of [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]].<ref name=times/> In November 1972, he became manager of [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]], resigning in February 1975 to join [[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]] where he remained until 1978.<ref name=times/> He then had a spell as goalkeeper coach with his old team Manchester United at the invitation of [[Dave Sexton]], where he stayed until Sexton left in 1981.<ref name=times/>

His next club was [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]], as assistant manager to [[Lou Macari]].<ref name=times/> Macari used a [[long ball|direct style of play]], which Gregg disapproved of,<ref name=swindon>{{cite web |title=Lou Macari |url=http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=MACARILO |website=swindon-town-fc.co.uk |publisher=Swindon Town FC |access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref> and they were both sacked by Swindon in April 1985 after the disagreement between the pair became public.<ref name=swindon/> Macari was reinstated after a fan protest, and went on to lead Swindon to the Fourth Division title in 1986.<ref name=swindon/> Gregg then joined [[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]], initially working for manager [[Bob Stokoe]].<ref name=carlisle>{{cite news |url=https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/18240228.tributes-paid-former-carlisle-utd-manager-harry-gregg-died-87/ |newspaper=News & Star |publisher=Newsquest Media Group |title=Carlisle Utd to hold minute's silence in memory of former manager and football legend Harry Gregg |first=Jon |last=Colman |date=17 February 2020 |access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref> During the 1986–87 season Gregg succeeded Stokoe as Carlisle manager,<ref name=times/> but he was unable to prevent them from suffering relegation to the Fourth Division.<ref name=carlisle/><ref>{{cite web |work=Football Club History Database |url=http://fchd.info/CARLISLU.HTM |title=Carlisle United}}</ref> Gregg left Carlisle during the autumn of 1987.<ref name=carlisle/>

==Television appearances and portrayals==
Gregg appeared in a number of television programmes about Manchester United and the Munich air disaster, including ''Munich: End of a Dream'' – a 1998 documentary that marked the 40th anniversary of the crash.

On the 50th anniversary of the air crash he appeared in the documentary ''One Life: Munich Air Disaster'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008x3rh |title=One Life: Munich Air Disaster |publisher=BBC |date=6 February 2008 |access-date=25 July 2012 }}</ref> broadcast 6 February 2008 on the BBC, in which he returned to the scene of the crash and the hospital for the first time and also met Zoran Lukić, the son of Mrs Vera Lukić, a Serbian woman (the wife of a Yugoslav diplomat) who was pregnant with Zoran at the time of the disaster. It was Gregg who had saved Mrs Lukić (and her unborn son) from the wreckage, as well as Vera's baby daughter Vesna.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/ive-been-called-a-hero-after-munich-air-disaster-but-im-not-really-a-hero-36561925.html |title='I've been called a hero after Munich air disaster, but I'm not really a hero' |newspaper=Belfast Telegraph |date=3 February 2018 |access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref>

Gregg made an emotional account of the disaster on a TV programme entitled ''Munich Air Disaster: I Was There''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://natgeotv.com/uk/munich-air-disaster-i-was-there |title=Munich documentary on National Geographic |publisher=Natgeotv.com |access-date=25 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622001331/http://natgeotv.com/uk/munich-air-disaster-i-was-there |archive-date=22 June 2012}}</ref> on the [[National Geographic Channel (UK)|National Geographic Channel]].

Gregg expressed disappointment at never having been able to meet Mr Lukić, who had died in 2007.

Gregg was portrayed by actor [[Ben Peel]] in a 2011 BBC film, ''[[United (TV drama)|United]]'', which was centred around the Munich air disaster.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1777034/ United TV Drama]</ref>

==Personal life==
Gregg married his first wife, Mavis Markham, at St James's Church, [[Doncaster]], in 1957, while still a Doncaster Rovers player.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.yorkshirebmd.org.uk/cgi/marrind.cgi |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 November 2012 |archive-date=10 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210154119/http://www.yorkshirebmd.org.uk/cgi/marrind.cgi |url-status=dead }}</ref> Their first child, Linda, was born later that year. A second daughter, Karen, was born a year later. Mavis died of [[cancer]] in 1961.<ref>{{cite news|title=Triumph and despair|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/jan/12/football.newsstory2|work=The Guardian|access-date=21 January 2013|location=London|first=Denis|last=Campbell|date=12 January 2003}}</ref> On 2 July 1965, Gregg married Carolyn Maunders at St Mary's Parish Church, Rostherne. They had four children: Julie, Jane, Suzanne and John-Henry.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gregg|first1=Harry|last2=Walsh|first2=Andy|last3=Anderson|first3=Roger|title=Harry's Game: The Autobiography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4slHPQAACAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Mainstream|isbn=978-1-84018-366-5}}</ref> He suffered a further tragedy on 24 April 2009, when his daughter Karen died of cancer at the age of 50.<ref>{{cite web|title=For Karen|url=http://www.harrygregg.com/index.php/for-karen|work=Harry Gregg.com|access-date=21 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110210345/http://www.harrygregg.com/index.php/for-karen|archive-date=10 November 2013}}</ref> Gregg's uncle was the grandfather of fellow footballer [[Steve Lomas]], who played for clubs including [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] and [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]], and managed the likes of [[St Johnstone F.C.|St Johnstone]] and [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Alan|last=Pattullo|title=Interview: Steve Lomas, St Johnstone manager|url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/st-johnstone/interview-steve-lomas-st-johnstone-manager-1-1986757|newspaper=The Scotsman|publisher=JPIMedia Publishing|date=26 November 2011|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref>

Gregg once owned the Windsor Hotel in the town of [[Portstewart]], on the north coast of County Londonderry.<ref name=times>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/harry-gregg-obituary-nw2s27qlb|title=Harry Gregg obituary|newspaper=The Times|publisher=Times Newspapers|date=17 February 2020|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref>

Gregg played for an under-18 team from Coleraine in a Ramelton Cup match during the 1950s. In May 2011, Gregg – then aged 78 – agreed to go back to [[Ramelton]] (in [[County Donegal]]) where he spent an evening, alongside [[Jobby Crossan]],  with local people in Ramelton Community Hall.<ref>{{cite news|first=Conor|last=Sharkey|title=Death of Harry Gregg sparks memories of soccer legend's visit to Ramelton|work=[[Donegal News]]|date=27 February 2020|page=18}}</ref>

Gregg celebrated his time at Old Trafford on 15 May 2012 with a testimonial organised by John White and John Dempsey from the George Best Carryduff Manchester United SC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carryduffmusc.com/|title=Welcome to the George Best Carryduff MUSC|website=carryduffmusc.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130092439/http://www.carryduffmusc.com/|archive-date=30 January 2010}}</ref> The testimonial featured Manchester United playing an Irish League Select XI managed by [[Martin O'Neill]] and [[David Jeffrey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harrygregg.com/index.php/the-testimonial|title=Harry Gregg.com - The Testimonial|access-date=27 April 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111000131/http://www.harrygregg.com/index.php/the-testimonial|archive-date=11 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/local/martin-oneill-set-to-lead-irish-league-team-for-harry-gregg-testimonial-16119150.html|title=Nartin O'Neill and Harry Gregg Testimonial|work=The Belfast Telegraph|date=18 February 2012|access-date=25 July 2012}}</ref> The match ended 4–1 to Manchester United.<ref>{{cite news|title=Manchester United beat Irish League 4-1 in Harry Gregg game|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18080556|website=BBC Sport|date=15 May 2012|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref>

Gregg died on 16 February 2020,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/feb/17/harry-gregg-obituary |work=The Guardian |title=Harry Gregg obituary |author=Brian Glanville |date=17 February 2020}}</ref> aged 87, after several weeks of illness, at the [[Causeway Hospital]] in [[Coleraine]], County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.<ref name=times/><ref>{{cite news|title=Harry Gregg: Munich air disaster hero and Northern Ireland goalkeeping great dies|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51400376|website=BBC Sport|date=17 February 2020|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{ENFA}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|FA Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="7"|[[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers]]
|[[1952–53 in English football|1952–53]]
|[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]
|8||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||8||0
|-
|[[1953–54 in English football|1953–54]]
|Second Division
|2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2||0
|-
|[[1954–55 in English football|1954–55]]
|Second Division
|2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2||0
|-
|[[1955–56 in English football|1955–56]]
|Second Division
|21||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||24||0
|-
|[[1956–57 in English football|1956–57]]
|Second Division
|40||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||42||0
|-
|[[1957–58 in English football|1957–58]]
|Second Division
|21||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||21||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!94!!0!!5!!0!!colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||99!!0
|-
|rowspan="11"|[[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|[[1957–58 Manchester United F.C. season|1957–58]]
|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]
|19||0||8||0||colspan="2"|–||4||0||31||0
|-
|[[1958–59 Manchester United F.C. season|1958–59]]
|First Division
|41||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||42||0
|-
|[[1959–60 Manchester United F.C. season|1959–60]]
|First Division
|33||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||36||0
|-
|[[1960–61 Manchester United F.C. season|1960–61]]
|First Division
|27||0||1||0||2||0||0||0||30||0
|-
|[[1961–62 Manchester United F.C. season|1961–62]]
|First Division
|13||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||13||0
|-
|[[1962–63 Manchester United F.C. season|1962–63]]
|First Division
|24||0||4||0||0||0||0||0||28||0
|-
|[[1963–64 Manchester United F.C. season|1963–64]]
|First Division
|25||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||27||0
|-
|[[1964–65 Manchester United F.C. season|1964–65]]
|First Division
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|[[1965–66 Manchester United F.C. season|1965–66]]
|First Division
|26||0||7||0||0||0||5||0||38||0
|-
|[[1966–67 Manchester United F.C. season|1966–67]]
|First Division
|2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!210!!0!!24!!0!!2!!0!!13!!0!!247!!0
|-
|[[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]]
|[[1966–67 Stoke City F.C. season|1966–67]]
|First Division
|2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!306!!0!!29!!0!!2!!0!!13!!0!!348!!0
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{NFT player|35449|name=Gregg, Harry}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]]
|1954||1||0
|-
|1956||2||0
|-
|1957||6||0
|-
|1958||6||0
|-
|1959||3||0
|-
|1960||3||0
|-
|1961||2||0
|-
|1963||2||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!25!!0
|}

===Managerial record===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center"
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
|-
!rowspan=2|Team
!rowspan=2|From
!rowspan=2|To
!colspan=5|Record
|-
!{{abbr|P|Matches played}}!!{{abbr|W|Matches won}}!!{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}!!{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}!!{{abbr|Win %|Win percentage}}
|-
|align=left|[[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]]
|align=left|1 July 1968
|align=left|1 October 1972
{{WDL|195|66|55|74|decimals=1}}
|-
|align=left|[[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]]
|align=left|1 November 1972
|align=left|1 January 1975
{{WDL|101|34|23|44|decimals=1}}
|-
|align=left|[[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]]
|align=left|1 January 1975
|align=left|31 May 1978
{{WDL|163|53|53|57|decimals=1}}
|-
|align=left|[[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]]
|align=left|20 May 1986
|align=left|17 November 1987
{{WDL|73|20|11|42|decimals=1}}
|-
!colspan=3|Total
{{WDLtot|532|173|142|217|decimals=1}}
|}

==Honours==
'''Manchester United'''
*[[FA Cup]] runner-up: [[1957–58 FA Cup|1957–58]]<ref>{{cite book |first1=Leslie |first2=Jack |last1=Vernon |last2=Rollin |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78 |year=1977 |publisher=Brickfield Publications Ltd |location=London |isbn=0354-09018-6 |page=490}}</ref>

'''Individual'''
*[[FIFA World Cup awards|FIFA World Cup All-Star Team]]: [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]
*[[FIFA World Cup awards|FIFA World Cup Best Goalkeeper]]: [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 March 2016|title=Harry Gregg - Official Manchester United Website|url=http://www.manutd.com/en/Players-And-Staff/Legends/Harry-Gregg.aspx|access-date=14 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203623/http://www.manutd.com/en/Players-And-Staff/Legends/Harry-Gregg.aspx|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

Gregg was appointed a Member of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in 1995, and made an Officer of the Order (OBE) for services to football in the [[2019 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46693826 |title=New Year Honours 2019: Twiggy, Michael Palin and Gareth Southgate on list |website=BBC News |date=29 December 2018 |access-date=6 January 2019}}</ref>

On 1 July 2008, Gregg was made an Honorary Graduate of the [[University of Ulster]] and awarded a Doctor of the University (DUniv) in recognition of his contribution to football at their Summer Graduation Ceremony.<ref>[http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2008/3864.html Honorary Degree for Munich Hero Gregg] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920051327/http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2008/3864.html |date=20 September 2008 }} University of Ulster News Release 1 July 2008</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Official website|url=http://www.harrygregg.com}}
* [http://www.goalkeepersaredifferent.com/keepers/goalkeeping-greats.html#gregg Harry Gregg at goalkeepersaredifferent.com]

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[[Category:Association football managers from Northern Ireland]]
[[Category:Swansea City A.F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Crewe Alexandra F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Carlisle United F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Shrewsbury Town F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Coleraine, County Londonderry]]
[[Category:1958 FIFA World Cup players]]
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[[Category:English Football League managers]]
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[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Manchester United F.C. non-playing staff]]
[[Category:Swindon Town F.C. non-playing staff]]
[[Category:Carlisle United F.C. non-playing staff]]