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VERY few sportspeople go on to have great success in their playing career AFTER leaving a coaching role.
But then Jeff Grayshon was no ordinary rugby league player.
Grayshon did not retire until he was 45 years old, even going up against his son Paul, as well as playing alongside him briefly at Bradford.
During his first spell at Bradford Northern between 1979 and 1985, Grayshon Sr was part of the side that won the Championship twice in a row.
He scored 34 tries during those six years at Odsal, while also helping the side lift the John Player Trophy in 1980.
Even in his brief second spell at Bradford, he still found time for silverware, part of the 1987-88 vintage who lifted the Yorkshire Cup.
Grayshon was playing representative rugby for both Great Britain and Yorkshire until 1985, but his excellence was on display long before that.
He was a young player in a Dewsbury side that will forever be etched in club folklore, as they helped the club win the Championship final in 1973, the greatest moment in their history.
But what some might not realise is that Crown Flatters appointed him as head coach in 1978 at the age of just 29.
Still playing for the club too, the dual role did not suit him, and he resigned on the first weekend of October.
Grayshon wanted out completely, putting in a request for a move, and it was not long before Bradford picked him up, as he soon became a fabled part of their history too.