Roy Rea

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 (aged 70)
Place of death	Toronto, Canada
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1951–1953	Banbridge Town
1953–1962	Glenavon
1961	→ Toronto Italia (loan)
1962–1963	Glentoran
1963–1966	Toronto Italia
1967–1970
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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] In 1963, he played in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League with Toronto Italia.^[2]

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, but did not travel to Sweden.

References[]

^ M. Brodie (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 2009–2010, p. 102. Belfast:Ulster Tatler Publications
^ Jose, Colin (2001). On-Side - 125 Years of Soccer in Ontario. Vaughan, Ontario: Ontario Soccer Association and Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum. p. 229.

External links[]

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[1] M. Brodie (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 2009–2010, p. 102. Belfast:Ulster Tatler Publications

[:0-2] Jose, Colin (2001). On-Side - 125 Years of Soccer in Ontario. Vaughan, Ontario: Ontario Soccer Association and Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum. p. 229.

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