Mumby Magic Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Just announced he has passed away. 3 Like poor jokes? Thejoketeller@mullymessiah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooleboy Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 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. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLANTISMAN Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Great player saw him turn out for Batley I think at 45. Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldofclothofgold Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 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 Soon we will be dancing the fandangoFROM 2004,TO DO WHAT THIS CLUB HAS DONE,IF THATS NOT GREATNESSTHEN i DONT KNOW WHAT IS.JAMIE PEACOCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopping Mad Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Tribute to Jeff on the Leeds website: https://www.therhinos.co.uk/2021/03/22/jeff-grayshon-mbe-rip/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josef K Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latchford albion Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 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. "I'm a traditionalist and I don"t think you'd ever see me coaching an Australian national side!" Lee Radford, RLW March 2016 Proud to be a member of the TRL woke claque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sentoffagain2 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooleboy Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJW Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 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. My wife complains I selfishly stop her fulfilling her true ambition - she really wants to be a rich widow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 An amazing career - he'll be missed. "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumby Magic Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 Still trying to recall if I saw him for Northern. I started in 1987 and am sure his name was on a programme. RIP Like poor jokes? Thejoketeller@mullymessiah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iangidds Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 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 ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Tonks Sidestep Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Gooleboy said: I believe he played alongside his son Paul. He certainly played against him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumby Magic Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 37 minutes ago, Les Tonks Sidestep said: He certainly played against him. Yep Fev Northern on Scrumdown. 1 Like poor jokes? Thejoketeller@mullymessiah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooleboy Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 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? did the bloke who invented the phrase "one hit wonder" invent anything else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Tonks Sidestep Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakefield Ram Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilderspoolmemories Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 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. 2 1 2009 Warrington 25 Hudderfield 16 2010 Warrington 30 Leeds 6 2011 League Leaders Shield Winners 2012 Warrington 35 Leeds 18 Challenge cups and league leaders shields everywhere! We need more silver polish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 it may have been a platter of pork pies? am sure i didn't imagine it! did the bloke who invented the phrase "one hit wonder" invent anything else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plug Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fevrover Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumby Magic Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 Tbh think this is one of the longest player obituary threads for a long time. Shows his standing within the game. 2 Like poor jokes? Thejoketeller@mullymessiah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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