Gerry Priestley

{{Short description|English footballer (1931–2020)}}

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| fullname = Gerald Priestley

| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|3|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Halifax, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|1|21|1931|3|9|df=y}}

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| position = Winger

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| years1 = 1950–1953

| years2 = 1953–1955

| years3 = 1955–1958

| years4 = 1958–1960

| years5 = 1960–1963

| clubs1 = Nottingham Forest

| clubs2 = Exeter City

| clubs3 = Grimsby Town

| clubs4 = Crystal Palace

| clubs5 = Halifax Town

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| caps2 = 42

| caps3 = 110

| caps4 = 28

| caps5 = 105

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 6

| goals3 = 11

| goals4 = 2

| goals5 = 23

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Gerald Priestley (2 March 1931 - 21 January 2020) was a former footballer who played as a winger in the Football League in the 1950s and 1960s. He was born in Halifax.{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player9/gerrypriestley.html|title=Gerry Priestley|publisher=neilbrown.newcastlefans.com|accessdate=24 January 2016}}

He started with Nottingham Forest but did not play any League games for them and moved to Exeter City in 1953, before transferring to Grimsby Town.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} He made over 100 League appearances for Grimsby, before moving to Crystal Palace in 1958.{{cite book|last1 =Purkiss|first1 =Mike|last2 =Sands|first2 =Nigel|title=Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989|year =1990|publisher =The Breedon Books Publishing Company|page=336|isbn=0907969542}}

He was at Palace for two years, and during his time there scored two senior goals for them.{{cite web |title=Goalscorers |url=http://www.cpfc.co.uk/page/History/0,,10323~638534,00.html |publisher=Crystal Palace FC |date=13 May 2010 |accessdate=27 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308211806/http://www.cpfc.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10323~638534%2C00.html |archivedate=8 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}

He subsequently transferred to Halifax Town, with whom he made another 105 League appearances.{{cite web|title=HALIFAX TOWN : 1946/47 - 1992/93 & 1998/99 - 2001/02|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/halifax/halifax.html|work=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database|publisher=Neil Brown|accessdate=10 January 2013}}

Gerry died 21 January 2020.{{Hugman|16104|access-date=19 January 2021}}