A former PE teacher, Mike Greenwood worked for the Sports Council in his native West Yorkshire and also worked at Lilleshall for the National Sports Council. A midfielder, he won seven England amateur caps and was called up for the 1960 British Olympic team having skippered the side in the two qualifying games against the Republic of Ireland and Netherlands. In Italy, he played only in Britain’s third game against Chinese Taipei (then Taiwan). At the time of the Olympics he was playing for Bishop Auckland and Corinthan-Casuals. In 1961 he toured Malaya, Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand and the United States with the English FA XI of which Tom Finney was the player-manager. Greenwood caused a stir the year before the 2012 Olympic football tournament when he questioned the passion the present-day stars had for the tournament as, in his words: “Top-class players are trophy hunters.” And he added: “I played football because I enjoyed it. Those who played in 1960 were privileged and honoured to play for their country.”
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