Michael Greenwood | |
Birth Date: | 9 April 1935 |
Birth Place: | Barnsley, England |
Position: | Midfielder |
Years1: | 1959–1962 |
Clubs1: | Bishop Auckland |
Nationalyears1: | 1960 |
Nationalteam1: | Great Britain |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Michael Moore Greenwood (9 April 1935 – 25 April 2021) was an English footballer who played as a midfielder.
Greenwood, who played as an amateur for Bishop Auckland at the time, represented Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics,[1] making one appearance in the tournament.[2] He combined his football career with working as a PE teacher.
Greenwood later worked at the National Sports Centre at Lilleshall Hall and was also employed by the Sports Council in West Yorkshire.
As of April 2012 he was living in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.[3] He organises reunions for the surviving players of the 1960 Olympic squad.[3]
In April 2012, Greenwood publicly expressed a number of concerns about the British team due to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[3]
Greenwood died on 25 April 2021, at the age of 86.[4]