fullname years death_date death_place clubs birth_place caps goals nationalteam position nationalcaps manageryears nationalyears birth_date managerclubs article_title name nationalgoals
james henry griffiths 1949 -- 1964 25 april 1978 swansea , wales swansea town swansea , wales 422 72 wales full-back 1 1975 -- 1978 1953 4 january 1931 swansea city harry griffiths -lrb- footballer , born 1931 -rrb-
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harry griffiths -lrb- footballer , born 1931 -rrb-

james henry `` harry '' griffiths -lrb- 4 january 1931 -- 25 april 1978 -rrb- was a welsh professional footballer and football manager .
in his time at swansea he filled multiple roles , as player , physio , coach , trainer , assistant manager and manager .
as a player he made 421 appearances for swansea town scored 72 goals , and was also capped by wales .
he left to join merthyr tydfil in 1964 , but returned to swansea as a coach in 1967 , and between 1975 and 1978 was swansea 's manager .
despite promising performances at the start of the 1977 -- 78 season , griffiths resigned as manager , doubting his ability to take the club any further .
he worked as john toshack 's assistant until his death on 25 april 1978 , when he suffered a heart attack prior to the win against scunthorpe united which the team won 3 -- 1 .
the following saturday they beat halifax town 2-0 and clinched promotion to the third division .
