Full name Michael M. Greenwood Years Team Playing position | Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 ⁄2 in) Name Michael Greenwood | |
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Date of birth (1935-04-09) 9 April 1935 (age 80) |
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Michael M. Greenwood (born 9 April 1935) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Contents
A Golden Age
Career
Greenwood, who played as an amateur for Bishop Auckland at the time, represented Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics, making one appearance in the tournament. He combined his football career with working as a PE teacher.
He later worked at the National Sports Centre at Lilleshall Hall and was also employed by the Sports Council in West Yorkshire.
Later life
Greenwood is retired; in April 2012 he was living in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. He organises reunions for the surviving players of the 1960 Olympic squad.
In April 2012, Greenwood publicly expressed a number of concerns about the British team due to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
References
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