Tony Greig
Great Britain
Cricket
B: October 6, 1946
English Team Captain
Although born in South Africa, Greig qualified to play for England by virtue of his Scottish father. He became captain of the national side from 1975 to 1977, and was also captain of the Sussex county side. In 1976-77, England toured India for a five Test series. England had not won a Test series in the subcontinent since 1961-62 and were not expected to do much better against the Indian team that had some of the best spinners in the world as well as the support of tens of thousands of vociferous fans that filled the stadiums. Greig however, proved to be the ideal captain for the series, making good use of the experience from his previous tour in 1972-73 as well as his amazing rapport with the Indian crowd. England went on to score one of their one most convincing wins in a very long time when they won the first three Tests by huge margins. Greig rated the win at Calcutta, in front of 100,000 Indian fans as the finest moment of his career.
SUPERSTARS RECORD
| EVENT |
PLACE |
POINTS |
MONEY |
EVENT WINS |
| 1974 UK Final |
4 |
31 1/2 |
£1,000 |
Swimming, Soccer Penalties |
| TOTALS |
31 1/2 |
£1,000 |
2 |
PERSONAL BESTS
| Soccer Penalties |
5 |
1974 UK Final |
| Cycling - 400 Meter Time Trial |
39.6 |
1974 UK Final |
| Points Scored - 8 events |
31 1/2 |
1974 UK Final |