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Westhoughton, Bolton born centre half Alf Gray played junior football for Daisy Hill from 1929 before spending 1931-32 with Oldham Athletic without getting into their first team. He moved to Torquay United in the summer of 1932, making his Football League debut that August against Coventry City and made such an impression that after a single goal in 22 appearances he was signed by First Division Liverpool along with full-back Jack Tennant for an undisclosed but reportedly “very substantial” fee, to include a friendly match.
Gray never appeared for Liverpool’s first team, and he signed for Lincoln City, newly relegated from the Second Division, in June 1934. He played regularly in his first season with Lincoln, but made only seven appearances in 1935-36, and finished his career in non-league football with Newark Town, joining them in 1936 after 38 appearances for The Imps.