fullname youthclubs years youthyears clubs caps birth_place goals nationalteam height position nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date article_title name nationalgoals
gareth sprake leeds united 1962-1963 1973 -- 1975 1962-1963 leeds united birmingham city 381 16 swansea , wales 0 0 wales 6 goalkeeper 37 1963 -- 1975 3 april 1945 gary sprake
 gary sprake 0
gary sprake

gareth sprake -lrb- born 3 april 1945 -rrb- is a welsh former professional footballer .
a goalkeeper , he played for leeds united and birmingham city and also won 37 caps for wales .
sprake became known during his career as a goalkeeper who was brilliant , but occasionally prone to appalling mistakes .
he spent more than a decade as the number 1 keeper at leeds during a period when they were a dominant side in the english domestic game .
