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:''For the former Wigan Athletic player born in 1965, see Bryan Griffiths'' :''For the Welsh former footballer born in 1933, see Brian Griffiths'' Bryan Griffiths (born 21 November 1939) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender in the Football League and later had an extensive career as manager of Non-League football clubs. ==Playing career== As a schoolboy Griffiths played as a centre forward, playing for the Forefield Lane Junior School team in Crosby, Merseyside. He moved up to Crosby County Secondary School, playing for their intermediate team before going to Bootle Technical College aged 12. Whilst there he played for Bootle Schoolboys, and during this spell he transferred from centre forward to full back, the position he would make his own for the rest of his career. He was so impressive playing there that he was picked for the Lancashire County Schoolboys side, where he was spotted by Everton scouts who drafted him into their Youth squad in May 1954. Signing professional forms at 17, and following tours in Ireland and Holland, he made his first team debut against Preston North End at Deepdale aged 19. Everton lost 3–2, and the following week were thrashed 6–1 by Arsenal. Soon afterwards Everton let Griffiths go and in June 1960 Southport's player-manager, ex-Evertonian Wally Fielding, signed him to the Fourth Division club.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bryan Griffiths )〕 Nicknamed 'Yogi' during his time with the Sandgrounders thanks to his ultra-short crewcut, Griffiths played 97 consecutive games, racking up 117 appearances and one goal〔 before receiving a cartilage injury at Rochdale in March 1963 that all but ended his professional career aged just 23.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bryan Griffiths (footballer, born 1939)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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