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Gilbert Beech

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Gilbert Beech
Personal information
Full name Gilbert Beech
Date of birth (1922-01-09)9 January 1922
Place of birth Tamworth, England
Date of death 2009 (aged 86–87)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Merthyr Tydfil
1949–1958 Swansea Town 157 (3)
Merthyr Tydfil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gilbert Beech (9 January 1922 – 2009) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Swansea Town.[2] His brother Cyril was also a professional footballer and played with Gilbert at Swansea.

Career

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Beech, who played left-back, set the record for most consecutive league games started with Swansea at 106, since matched by Ashley Williams.[3] While at Swansea, Beech played on the Swans team which won the 1949–50 Welsh Cup.[3]

After his second spell at Merthyr he also played alongside his brother at Hereford United and Brecon Corinthians.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Gilbert BEECH". South Wales Evening Post. Retrieved 18 February 2016.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "GILBERT BEECH". Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Ashley Williams set to equal Swansea City record". 29 October 2010.
  4. ^ "Players of the past".