RIP Jeff Grayshon

[Mumby Magic]

Just announced he has passed away.

[Gooleboy]

9 minutes ago, Mumby Magic said:

Just announced he has passed away.

This is terrible news. A player who gave great service to every Club he served and he was a true Gentleman as well. RIP.

[ATLANTISMAN]

Great player saw him turn out for Batley I think at 45.

 

Paul

[fieldofclothofgold]

1 hour ago, Gooleboy said:

This is terrible news. A player who gave great service to every Club he served and he was a true Gentleman as well. RIP.

RIP 

[Hopping Mad]

Tribute to Jeff on the Leeds website:

https://www.therhinos.co.uk/2021/03/22/jeff-grayshon-mbe-rip/

[Josef K]

I remember going watching Saints at Fev when Grayshon absolutely ripped us to bits when he was on the pitch. He was fantastic at offloading the ball.

A great player who will be missed. 

[latchford albion]

As others have said - both a great player and a great servant of our game.  I remember reading in the late 70s that his aerobic capacity had been tested by sports scientists and was up there with top middle distance runners, which is quite something for a prop.  RIP.

[sentoffagain2]

Jeff was awarded a M.B.E. for his services to Rugby League.I find it remarkable that during the three seasons with Fev at the age of39-40-41 he played in 100 out of a possible 104 games,when scrums were much harder than today.He was also the oldest player to play in a Test Match for G.B. at over 38 yrs old. R.I.P.

[Gooleboy]

2 hours ago, ATLANTISMAN said:

Great player saw him turn out for Batley I think at 45.

 

Paul

I believe he played alongside his son Paul.

[BJW]

RIP

Remember being told by a fellow prop he was an animal for the 80 minutes of the game but off the pitch a most personable and amiable man to be with.

[Futtocks]

An amazing career - he'll be missed.

[Mumby Magic]

Still trying to recall if I saw him for Northern. I started in 1987 and am sure his name was on a programme.

RIP 

[iangidds]

RiP Jeff , it was great to see you play , great off the cuff player; i remember a move widnes used to do where the ball would be thrown to 3 men stood in a line with runners going at different angles,, Jeff decided if in doubt flatten all 3 ! 

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

1 hour ago, Gooleboy said:

I believe he played alongside his son Paul.

He certainly played against him.

[Mumby Magic]

37 minutes ago, Les Tonks Sidestep said:

He certainly played against him.

Yep Fev Northern on Scrumdown.

[Gooleboy]

8 minutes ago, Mumby Magic said:

Yep Fev Northern on Scrumdown.

Not sure it's maybe my memory, but didn't they play together for Batley?

[graveyard johnny]

am sure he featured in the news of the world sunday supplement magazine just before the kangaroo tour of either 82 or 86? in a double page feature with a picture of him holding up a huge pork pie in preparation for their visit, does anyone else remember this?

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

1 hour ago, Mumby Magic said:

Yep Fev Northern on Scrumdown.

He described packing down against his son as one the highlights of his career. I seem to recall Paul was injured during the game and carried off with Jeff being (obviously) concerned.

[Niels]

1 hour ago, Gooleboy said:

Not sure it's maybe my memory, but didn't they play together for Batley?

Jeff was the Batley player, harshly, sent off in the famous promotion decider against Doncaster in 1994. 

I was sad to hear of his passing. 

[Wakefield Ram]

He was playing 2nd row at Dewsbury when I started watching in 1974. Member of 197 Championship winning side, Yorkshire, England and Great Britain. Started as a centre, so fast for a  second row, great hand off and tackler. 

[Wilderspoolmemories]

Very sad news. Always a name that stood out when watching the game growing up as a young kid in the 70's and early 80's. Sad when players we grew up watching start to leave us.  

I always remember a match at Wilderspool, Warrington v. Featherstone  at the start of the 1989/90 season.  He got a round of applause inside the ground when the PA announcer revealed that it was his 41st birthday that day!  As a present to him Featherstone won that day too!

RIP.

[graveyard johnny]

it may have been a platter of pork pies? am sure i didn't imagine it!

[plug]

I always remember him saying that his only regret in his playing days was that he never got to play at wembley played in a few semis but never a final

[Fevrover]

38 minutes ago, Wilderspoolmemories said:

Very sad news. Always a name that stood out when watching the game growing up as a young kid in the 70's and early 80's. Sad when players we grew up watching start to leave us.  

I always remember a match at Wilderspool, Warrington v. Featherstone  at the start of the 1989/90 season.  He got a round of applause inside the ground when the PA announcer revealed that it was his 41st birthday that day!  As a present to him Featherstone won that day too!

RIP.

I remember that lol.

[Mumby Magic]

Tbh think this is one of the longest player obituary threads for a long time. Shows his standing within the game.