What is Gordon Neate?
{{Infobox football biography |name = Gordon Neate |image = |image_size = |caption = |fullname = Gordon Neate |birth_date = {{birth date|1941|3|14|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], England |death_date = {{death date and age|2019|5|10|1941|3|14|df=y}} |death_place = |height = |position = [[Defender (association football)|Full back]] |youthyears1 = 1956–1959 |youthclubs1 = [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] |years1 = 1959–1966 |clubs1 = [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] |caps1 = 99 |goals1 = 2 |totalcaps = 99 |totalgoals = 2 }} '''Gordon Neate''' (14 March 1941 – 10 May 2019) was an [[English people|English]] professional [[association football|footballer]]. He played as a [[Defender (association football)|full back]]. Neate was born in [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]]. He joined his hometown club as a teenager. He played his first professional game in April 1959. He played 99 games for Reading before retiring due to injury in 1966. He remained at Reading as a non-playing staff member. He retired as the club's groundsman in 2009. Neate died on 10 May 2019, at the age of 78.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2019/may/gordon-fred-neate-1941-2019/|title=Gordon 'Fred' Neate 1941-2019|publisher=[[Reading F.C.|Reading Football Club]]|date=10 May 2019|access-date=11 May 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Neate, Gordon}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:English footballers]] [[Category:People from Reading, Berkshire]] [[Category:Reading F.C. players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Berkshire]] {{Sports-bio-stub}}