{{short description|Welsh medical practitioner and footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Use British English|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Daniel Grey |image = | image_size = |caption = |fullname = |birth_date = c. 1848 |birth_place = New Mills, Scotland |death_date = {{death date and age|1900|02|26|1848|||df=y}} |death_place = Ruabon, Wales |height = |position = |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = 1876–1880 |clubs1 = Druids |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = |clubs2 = |caps2 = |goals2 = |totalcaps = |totalgoals = |nationalyears1 = 1876–1878 |nationalteam1 = Wales |nationalcaps1 = 2 |nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = | medaltemplates = }} '''Daniel Grey''' (c. 1848 – 26 February 1900) was a Welsh medical practitioner who was prominent in the early days of Welsh football, making two appearances for the Wales national football team in the 1870s.
==Early life== Grey was born in New Mills, Lanarkshire in Scotland{{cn|date=July 2021}} and attended Glasgow University. He obtained his medical qualifications in 1874, when he moved to Ruabon, near Wrexham, Denbighshire to start a medical practice.<ref name = "Whos Who">{{cite book |title=Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players |last1=Davies |first1=Gareth |last2=Garland |first2=Ian |year=1991 |publisher=Bridge Books |isbn=1-872424-11-2|pages=72–73}}</ref>
==Football career== Grey was a keen sportsman and soon became one of the principals of the Druids club alongside Llewelyn Kenrick and the Thomson brothers, George and David. Grey became a founder member of the Football Association of Wales and attended the Association's inaugural Annual General Meeting at Shrewsbury on 24 May 1876.<ref name = "Whos Who"/>
In 1876, he also took part in trials organized by Kenrick to select Welsh players to represent their country in a match against Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrexham.gov.uk/english/heritage/welsh_football/index.htm#y1876|title=The Story of Welsh Football |work=1876 Kenrick's Challenge|publisher=www.wrexham.gov.uk|accessdate=19 February 2010}}</ref> The match was played at Hamilton Crescent, Partick, the home of the West of Scotland Cricket Club on 25 March 1876, with Grey playing on the right wing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrexham.gov.uk/english/heritage/welsh_football/1876programme.htm|title=1876 Programme|work=The Story of Welsh Football|publisher=www.wrexham.gov.uk|accessdate=18 February 2010}}</ref> The Welsh were well defeated, conceding four goals without reply.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=1|title=Scotland 4 Wales 0 (25 March 1876)|publisher=Welsh Football Data Archive|accessdate=19 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820040849/http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=1|archive-date=20 August 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 1877, Grey, described as "a busy player and tremendous worker",<ref name = "Whos Who"/> played (and scored) for Druids in the inaugural Welsh Cup tie,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wfda.co.uk/welsh_cup.php?id=1|title=Welsh Cup 1877–78|publisher=Welsh Football Data Archive|accessdate=19 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417094608/http://www.wfda.co.uk/welsh_cup.php?id=1|archive-date=17 April 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> contributing £15 to the FAW's fund to purchase a trophy.<ref name = "Whos Who"/> Druids reached the final on 30 March 1878, losing 1–0 to local rivals Wrexham.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wfda.co.uk/welshcup_final_detail.php?id=1|title=Wrexham 1 Druids 0 (30 March 1878)|work=Welsh Cup Final|publisher=Welsh Football Data Archive|accessdate=19 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306023009/http://www.wfda.co.uk/welshcup_final_detail.php?id=1|archive-date=6 March 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Grey's second international appearance came a week before the Cup Final, on 23 March 1878, in a 6–0 defeat by Scotland at the original Hampden Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=3|title=Scotland 6 Wales 0 (23 March 1878)|publisher=Welsh Football Data Archive|accessdate=19 February 2010|archive-date=27 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927030815/http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=3|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Later career== Grey had retired from active playing by 1880, but continued to attend Druids and Wrexham matches as a spectator. In his medical capacity, he was often called upon to tend to injured players. In 1889, a Welsh Cup match between Wrexham and Westminster Rovers became particularly violent and Grey was called upon to lecture the players about their behaviour.<ref name = "Whos Who"/>
Grey continued to live in Ruabon, where he died in February 1900 aged 51.<ref name = "Whos Who"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Welsh Newspapers |url=https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4594253/4594258/40/daniel+OR+gray |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=newspapers.library.wales |language=en}}</ref>
He was buried in Rhosymedre Church Cemetery.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welsh Newspapers |url=https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4594262/4594265/32/daniel+OR+gray |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=newspapers.library.wales |language=en}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Druids''' *Welsh Cup runners-up: 1878
==See also== * List of Wales international footballers born outside Wales
==References== {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grey, Daniel}} Category:1840s births Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:Footballers from East Ayrshire Category:1900 deaths Category:Alumni of the University of Glasgow Category:Welsh men's footballers Category:Druids F.C. players Category:Wales men's international footballers Category:Men's association football wingers Category:19th-century Welsh medical doctors Category:People from Wrexham County Borough