Ron Gray (25 June 1920 – 11 October 2002) is a former association football player, manager and scout.
[1][2] Born in North Shields, wing half Gray started his professional year in 1938 with Sheffield United, later moving to Lincoln City, Notts County and finally Watford, before retiring at the age of 26 due to injury.
[5] Gray was re-appointed as manager after Smith was sacked, and led the club to promotion as Fourth Division champions in 1961–62.
[6] Gray later spent four seasons at Lincoln City from 1966 to 1970, when he signed future Watford manager Graham Taylor as a player.
After leaving Lincoln, Gray joined Ipswich Town as a scout, where he remained until his retirement in 1987.