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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Rea | ||
| Date of birth | 28 November 1934 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Date of death | 5 April 2005(2005-04-05) (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Toronto, Canada | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1951–1953 | Banbridge Town | ||
| 1953–1962 | Glenavon | 219 | (0) |
| 1961 | → Toronto Italia (loan) | ||
| 1962–1963 | Glentoran | 21 | (0) |
| 1963–1966 | Toronto Italia | ||
| 1967–1970 | Burnaby Villa | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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. In 1963, he played in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League with Toronto Italia.
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
| Northern Ireland squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup | ||
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- 1934 births
- 2005 deaths
- Association footballers from County Down
- Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland
- NIFL Premiership players
- Ulster Footballers of the Year
- 1958 FIFA World Cup players
- Glenavon F.C. players
- Glentoran F.C. players
- Sportspeople from Banbridge
- Toronto Italia players
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada
- Expatriate men's association footballers from Northern Ireland
- Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in Canada
- Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Northern Ireland association football biography stubs