Doug Greig, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Doug Greig

Canadian soccer player

Date of Birth: 16-Mar-1928

Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Date of Death: 09-Mar-2003

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Doug Greig

  • Doug Greig (16 March 1928 – 9 March 2003) is a former Canadian soccer player.
  • He was a standout player that played for several teams, most notably Vancouver Firefighters FC with whom he played in the 1961 Canadian final.
  • He was also Canada's starting left half during FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in 1957.
  • After his retirement, he became an honoured member of the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame. In the Pacific Coast League, Greig won six championships with four different teams from 1949-50 to 1962-63.
  • He won two titles with Firefighters (1954-55 and 1961-62), one with Vancouver St.
  • Andrews FC (1949-50), one with Westminster Royals FC (1956), and two with Vancouver City FC (known as Hale-Co FC in 1958 and Canadians in 1962-63).
  • He was an all-star selection in 10 seasons from 1950 to 1963. As a teenager in 1946-47, Greig won the Ed Bayley Trophy as BC Soccer's most outstanding player in his first year in senior soccer.
  • He spent that first season with Pacific Coast League runners up North Shore United.
  • He then joined Vancouver St.
  • Andrews FC, following in the footsteps of his father and two brothers to become the fourth Greig to play for the Canadian-Scottish club.
  • In 1949-50, Doug won his first Pacific Coast League championship playing alongside brother Jimmy. In 1953, he played in a North American championship match on loan with Westminster Royals FC, helping the Canadian club win the Jack Diamond Trophy over the Chicago Falcons.In 1960-61, Greig helped Firefighters FC win the Mainland League championship and BC Soccer's Province Cup.
  • The club then represented the west in Canada Soccer's 1961 Carling Cup final against Montreal Concordia FC, but lost 1-0 in the one-match final.
  • In 1961-62, Greig and Firefighters FC were back in the Pacific Coast League, winning the championship, the Anderson Cup, the Province Cup, and the Pacific Coast International Championship for the J.F.
  • Kennedy Trophy. In 1962-63, Greig rejoined the Vancouver City franchise (known that season as the Vancouver Canadians) and won his final Pacific Coast League title.
  • Greig won the Austin Delany Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player.

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