Ian Greaves
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ian Denzil Greaves | ||
| Date of birth | 26 May 1932 | ||
| Place of birth | Crompton, Lancashire, England | ||
| Date of death | 2 January 2009 (aged 76) | ||
| Place of death | Ainsworth, Bury, Greater Manchester, England | ||
| Position(s) | Full-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1953–1960 | Manchester United | 67 | (0) |
| 1960–1961 | Lincoln City | 11 | (0) |
| 1961–1963 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | (0) |
| Total | 100 | (0) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1964 | Huddersfield Town (caretaker) | ||
| 1968–1974 | Huddersfield Town | ||
| 1974–1980 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
| 1980–1982 | Oxford United | ||
| 1982 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| 1983–1989 | Mansfield Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ian Denzil Greaves (26 May 1932 – 2 January 2009) was an English football player and manager. He was born in Crompton, Lancashire. He won a League Championship medal and an FA Cup runners-up medal while playing full-back for Manchester United between 1953 and 1960. He was not with the United team when eight of their players died in the Munich air disaster on 6 February 1958, as he was ruled out by injury. He was the first player to occupy the left-back position at United after the death of captain Roger Byrne at Munich.
After leaving United in 1960, he later played for Lincoln City and Oldham Athletic.