Gary Andrew Speed, MBE
(8 September 1969 – 27 November 2011)
Gary Speed was a Welsh football player and manager. He was captain of the Wales national football team until he retired from international football in 2004. He remains the most capped outfield player for Wales and the second overall, having appeared 85 times at senior level between 1990 and 2004, playing mainly as a left-side attacking midfielder. Speed was appointed manager of Sheffield United in 2010, but he left the club after a few months in December 2010 to manage the Wales national team.
Speed played professionally for Leeds United, Everton, Newcastle United, Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield United. Rarely troubled by injury or suspension, he held the record for the most appearances in the Premier League at 535, until it was surpassed by David James.
Including his appearances in The Football League and cup competitions, he made 840 domestic appearances, in addition to 85 full caps at international level. He played in the Leeds United team that won the Football League First Division championship in 1991–92, the year before the FA Premier League was formed. He also played in consecutive FA Cup finals for Newcastle United, losing to Arsenal in 1998 and to Manchester United in 1999.
Speed was found dead on the morning of 27 November 2011. His wife Louise found his body hanged in the garage of their home in the village of Huntington, Cheshire. The police announced that they were not treating his death as suspicious.
On January 30, 2012, a coroner ruled that there was not enough evidence to suggest that Gary Speed intended to take his own life.
RIP
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