| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gary Robert Locke | ||
| Date of birth | (1954-07-12)12 July 1954 (age 71) | ||
| Place of birth | Park Royal,London, England | ||
| Position | Full back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1983 | Chelsea | 272 | (3) |
| 1982–1986 | Crystal Palace | 84 | (1) |
| 1986 | Halmstads BK | 20 | (0) |
| 1987–1991 | Napier City Rovers | 109 | (9) |
| 1992 | Waikato United | ||
| International career | |||
| 1972 | England Youth | 4 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gary Robert Locke[1] (born 12 July 1954) is an English formerfootballer born inWillesden,London,[2] who played inthe Football League forChelsea[3] andCrystal Palace,[4] and in theAllsvenskan forHalmstads BK.
Locke was born inPark Royal but moved toWillesden as a six-year-old with his family in 1960.
Aright-back, Locke spent much of his career atChelsea, making more than 300 league and cup appearances for the westLondon side between 1972 and 1983.[2] He turned professional in July 1971,[5] made his debut in a 3–1 win againstCoventry City in theFirst Division on 30 September 1972,[2] and scored his first goal for the club against the same opponents on 24 August 1974. Capable of making overlapping attacking runs up the wing, he was chosen as Chelsea Player of the Year in the 1973–74 season.[6]
In 1983, after a spell on loan at the club, he moved toCrystal Palace on a permanent basis, making another 101 league and cup appearances in total,[7] before spending the 1986 season in Sweden withHalmstads BK.[8][9]
In 1987 Locke was brought to New Zealand by newly promoted National League clubNapier City Rovers. He captained the team in 1988 and helped the club win the National League championship in 1989. Locke was left out of Napier's squad for the 1992 National League campaign.
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