Gerry King

Gerry King

Welsh schoolboy international Gerry started out with Cardiff making his debut as a 17 year old but found it hard to maintain a regular place in the side at Ninian Park and so reluctantly accepted a move to Torquay in 1965.

At Plainmoor, Gerry helped the Gulls to promotion and played a blinder against Luton along the way, something that was remembered by Hatters manager George Martin who was pleased to pick up the left winger on a free transfer over the summer of 1966.

After scoring on his debut, Gerry struggled in a poor Luton side and was probably glad to escape and move back to Wales with Newport. Gerry ran a coal business after retiring from the game and was a drayman for Ansell’s Brewery for many years.

Now living in Cwmbran, Gerry worked on hospital deliveries.