Bill Curry Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 RIP Reg Harrison, the last surviving member of the 1946 cup-winning side. I didn't ever see him play I was just a few years too late - but my Dad did have that privilege https://twitter.com/RamsHeritage/status/1306870163891986433 Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Greenwood Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Sad news proper Rams and Derby legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 That’s sad news. he sat quite near me at games and I always wanted to speak to him, but there was no way he would have been able to hear me over the racket coming out of the p.a. RIP Reg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richinspain Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 One of the very few players I have actually met. He really was a charming man who had time for literally anyone who wanted to speak to him. RIP Reg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 minute ago, richinspain said: One of the very few players I have actually met. He really was a charming man who had time for literally anyone who wanted to speak to him. RIP Reg. Yes, he was at the "Access all Eras" event at the Quad last season. He seemed a very gentle and charming man. Old school. Sounds like his was a good life, well lived. RIP, Reg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Hopefully the club has a lovely tribute in the works. By all accounts he was a gentleman. RIP, Reg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFox1993 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Fantastic bloke , long time friend of my grandad . R.I.P Reg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammeister Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 RIP Reg. I believe he was not only the last survivor of the 1946 Final; but that fact also made him the person who had played in an FA Cup final further back in time than anyone else who was still alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Brolly Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Very sad news Reg was a lovely man who had time for everyone, i lived round the corner from him in my younger years and he'd always have a smile and a wave when you walked past his house , did loads for kids football down at field lane and elsewhere, he'll be missed by many rip reg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayram Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 A true Rams legend, always and forever. RIP Reg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritstone Ram Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 RIP sad to lose any Ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DCFC_Sloth Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 We live in an age where the word ‘legend’ gets thrown around very liberally, but Reg Harrison was part of a team that won Derby County’s first ‘top level’ trophy, and, from what I understand, spent a lot of his later life involved in the community. He is the kind of person who earned that title. We often spend time looking back at the teams of the 70s under Clough and Mackay (who are both memorialised with statues at the ground), or the 80s under Cox, the 90s under Smith and even teams and players from the 2010s, but rarely do we look back further into other parts of our history. Reg was part of a generation who were before our time that often gets forgotten, and I hope the club does something to remember him in the short term, but all of them in the longer term. In a world where football was only invented in the last 30 years, it’s perhaps time we did something to let our own fans know that we once won the FA Cup, and we have a history of great players who are simply being forgotten. Rest in peace Reg, thank you for all you did for Derby County and for the the community of Derby as a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Only a couple of weeks ago there was a thread on him. Rest in Peace. When he came coaching he was hard but fair and one of those people who you felt like you had to impress and show respect. Not just a Derby County legend but a legend for all school boys and Sunday league players of a certain age. A legend of this city. Rest in Peace. Rams and Derbyshire folk should feel proud and inspired by him today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellafella Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8746983/amp/The-oldest-living-FA-Cup-winner-Reg-Harrison-dies-aged-97-surrounded-family.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BathRam72 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Once a Ram ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philmycock Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 RIP Reg ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockabilly Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Forest fan here in peace. Reg used to coach us kids when I played for Rykneld Colts back in 1974/75. He became a friend of the family for many years too, due to my father working as a scout at DCFC. Reg was a proper gentleman and very genuine guy, he really loved his football. He will be sadly missed, RIP Reg Harrison, from NFFC Gary and family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PendineRam Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 RIP Reg, Derby lad born and bred, always to be remembered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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