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{{short description|Irish footballer}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography
|name           = Tony Grealish
|image          = 
|caption        = 
|fullname       = Anthony Patrick Grealish<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|accessdate=5 April 2020}}</ref>
|birth_date     = {{birth date|1956|9|21|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman/>
|birth_place    = [[Paddington]],<ref name=Hugman/> London, England
|death_date     = {{death date and age|2013|4|23|1956|9|21|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman/>
|death_place    = [[Ilfracombe]],<ref name=Hugman/> Devon, England
|height         = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/230 230] |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/230}}</ref>
|position       = [[Midfielder]]
|youthyears1    = 
|youthclubs1    = [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]]
|years1         = 1974–1979
|clubs1         = [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]]
|caps1          = 171
|goals1         = 10
|years2         = 1979–1981
|clubs2         = [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]]
|caps2          = 78
|goals2         = 2
|years3         = 1981–1984
|clubs3         = [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]]
|caps3          = 100
|goals3         = 6
|years4         = 1984–1986
|clubs4         = [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]
|caps4          = 65
|goals4         = 5
|years5         = 1986–1987
|clubs5         = [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
|caps5          = 11
|goals5         = 0
|years6         = 1987–1990
|clubs6         = [[Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham United]]
|caps6          = 110
|goals6         = 7
|years7         = 1990–1992
|clubs7         = [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]]
|caps7          = 36
|goals7         = 1
|years8         = 1992–1995
|clubs8         = [[Bromsgrove Rovers F.C.|Bromsgrove Rovers]]
|caps8          = 18
|goals8         = 0
|totalcaps      = 589
|totalgoals     = 31
|nationalyears1 = 1976–1985
|nationalteam1  = [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]]
|nationalcaps1  = 45
|nationalgoals1 = 8
}}

'''Anthony Patrick Grealish''' (21 September 1956 – 23 April 2013) was a professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]]. Born in England to Irish parents, he played for the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] at international level.

==Career==
Born in [[Paddington]], London, Grealish played club football for [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]], [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]], [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]], [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]], [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], [[Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham United]], [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]] and [[Bromsgrove Rovers F.C.|Bromsgrove Rovers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/tonygrealish.html|title=Profile|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database|access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref><ref name = "NFT">{{NFT player|id=20285}}</ref> Grealish captained Brighton in the [[1983 FA Cup Final]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/tributes-paid-to-former-republic-of-ireland-captain-tony-grealish-1.1370068 |title=Tributes paid to former Republic of Ireland captain Tony Grealish   |work=The Irish Times |first=Emmet |last=Malone |date=23 April 2013 |access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref>

He represented the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] at international level, captaining his country 17 times, scoring 8 goals in 45 appearances between 1976 and 1985.<ref name = "NFT"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fai.ie/international/senior-men/103215-fai-pays-tribute-to-tony-grealish-rip.html|title=FAI pays tribute to Tony Grealish RIP|publisher=Football Association of Ireland|access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref> He also appeared in a total of 13 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.<ref>{{FIFA player|167407}}</ref>

Grealish died on 23 April 2013, at the age of 56, from cancer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22263835|title=Former Republic of Ireland midfielder Tony Grealish dies|date=23 April 2013|access-date=23 April 2013|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/international/2013/0423/385151-former-ireland-star-tony-grealish-passes-away/|title= Former Ireland star Tony Grealish passes away|date=23 April 2013|publisher=RTÉ Sport|access-date=24 April 2013 }}</ref>

==Honours==
'''Individual'''
*[[PFA Team of the Year]]: [[1988–89 Football League#Fourth Division|1988–89 Fourth Division]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Lynch |title=The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes |page=147}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Republic of Ireland international footballers born outside the Republic of Ireland]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.soccerscene.ie/sssenior/player.php?id=287 Ireland Career Stats]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130426070353/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/aboutuefa/organisation/history/obituaries/newsid=1943745.html Obituary from UEFA]

{{1983–84 Football League Second Division PFA Team of the Year}}
{{1988–89 Football League Fourth Division PFA Team of the Year}}
{{Atherstone Town F.C. managers}}

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