Roy Rea

Robert "Roy" Rea was a Northern [Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland] international footballer who played in the Irish League as a goalkeeper with Glenavon and Glentoran. He won one 'B' cap, and four amateur caps for Northern Ireland and thirteen inter-league caps for the Irish League in the 1950s.
With Glenavon, he won the Irish League championship in 1956/57, two Irish Cups, one Gold [Cup |Gold Cup] and one Ulster Cup. With Glentoran he won the Gold Cup in 1962/63; the same year in which he was named Ulster Footballer of the Year. In 1963, he played in the Eastern Canada [Professional Soccer League] with Toronto Italia.
Although he never won a full international cap, Rea was a member of the Northern Ireland squad at the 1958 [FIFA World Cup|1958 World Cup], as the second reserve goalkeeper, but did not travel to Sweden.