Gary Rolph

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| name = Gary Rolph

| fullname = Gary Leslie Rolph{{Hugman|17091|accessdate=24 October 2015}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|2|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Stepney, England

| position = Forward

| years1 = 1976–1979

| clubs1 = Brentford

| caps1 = 12

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 1979–1980

| clubs2 = Woking

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| clubs3 = Billericay Town

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| clubs4 = Leytonstone/Ilford

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Gary Leslie Rolph (born 24 February 1960) is an English retired footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as a forward.

Career

A graduate of the Brentford youth team, Rolph made 12 appearances and scored one goal for Brentford between 1976 and 1979.{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |pages=394–395}} His only goal for the Bees came in a 3–2 FA Cup second round defeat to Colchester United on 20 December 1976, a strike that still holds the club record for youngest goalscorer in the FA Cup.{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914 |pages=137}} Rolph was released at the end of the 1978–79 season and joined Isthmian League Premier Division club Woking. He later played for Billericay Town and Leytonstone/Ilford and top-scored for the former club during the 1981–82 season.{{Cite web |date=19 January 2018 |title=Billericay Town v Harrow Borough |url=https://www.billericaytownfc.co.uk/billericay-town-v-harrow-borough/ |access-date=23 April 2022 |website=Billericay Town FC |language=en-GB}}

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" \|Club ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! colspan="3" \|League ! colspan="2" \|FA Cup ! colspan="2" \|League Cup ! colspan="2" \|Total
Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="3" \|Brentford \|1976–77 \| rowspan="2" \|Fourth Division \|7 \|0 \|1 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|8 \|1
1977–78 \|4 \|1 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|5 \|1
1978–79 \|Third Division \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|1 \|2 \|1
colspan="3" \|Career total !12 !1 !2 !1 !1 !1 !15 !3

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