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Football career

Following youth experiences at Invergordon F.C., Gunn began his career with Scottish team Aberdeen in 1980. The presence of Scottish international keeper Jim Leighton meant that Gunn only played 21 games before he signed for Norwich City in October 1986. Gunn did, however, receive Scottish League Cup and European Cup Winners Cup winner's medals while with Aberdeen. At both finals, he was an unused substitute. Gunn forged a good relationship with Aberdeen (and future Man Utd) manager Alex Ferguson, and in 1997 Ferguson brought Man Utd to Carrow Road for Gunn's testimonial. Invergordon Football Club are a football (soccer) club playing in the North Caledonian Football League in Scotland. ... Aberdeen Football Club is a football team from Scotland, who compete in the Scottish Premier League. ... Jim Leighton (born 24 July 1958) is a former football goalkeeper. ... Norwich City Football Club is a football club based in Norwich, Norfolk, England, founded in 1902. ... The Scottish League Cup is a football competition open to all Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League members. ... The Cup Winners Cup was a football club competition between the winners of the European domestic league cups. ...

Gunn then spent the majority of his playing career at Norwich, becoming one of the most famous goalkeepers in the club's history. Gunn initially looked set to join Norwich in the summer of 1986 after they had sold Chris Woods to Rangers FC for £600,000, however an injury to Leighton meant that Ferguson kept Gunn at Pittodrie until October. Chris Woods (born November 14, 1959 in Boston, Lincolnshire) was a goalkeeper who was best known for being Peter Shiltons long-time understudy in the England team in the mid to late 1980s. ... Rangers Football Club is among the worlds most successful football clubs. ...

He went on to make 477 first team appearances for Norwich. He was twice voted Norwich City player of the year in 1988 and 1993 and during the latter season, Norwich finished third in the Premiership, their highest-ever finish. The Norwich City football club player of the year award is voted for by the clubs supporters. ...

Gunn was forced out of the team by the emergence of Andy Marshall and had a short spell at Hibernian before retiring. Asta ia muie de la mine zilnic ... There is also a Maltese football club called Hibernians F.C. Hibernian Football Club (informally known as Hibs) is a Scottish football club from Edinburgh. ...

Gunn made six appearances for Scotland, four of which were in World Cup qualifiers in 1993, when his career was at its peak. First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Scotland 11 - 0 Ireland (Glasgow, Scotland; 23 February 1901) Worst defeat Uruguay 7 - 0 Scotland (Basel, Switzerland; 19 June 1954) World Cup Appearances 8 (First in 1954) Best result Round 1, all European Championship Appearances 2 (First... The FIFA World Cup Trophy, which has been awarded to the world champions since 1974. ...

Post-football

Bryan Gunn retired from professional football in 1999.

In "retirement", Gunn is now on the staff at Carrow Road, working on hospitality for Norwich City, partly in "The Gunn Club", a catering outlet named in his honour. Carrow Road is the football stadium of Norwich City Football Club who currently play in the Football League Championship. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Bryan Gunn's Leukaemia Appeal

At the height of Gunn's playing career, in the early 1990s, his young daughter, Francesca, was diagnosed with leukaemia.

Norwich City fans were at first astonished by the sight of the goalkeeper running out with a completely shaven head; when news spread that Gunn had done so in support of his daughter, who was losing her hair through chemotherapy, Gunn received ever-more rapturous receptions. His ensuing fundraising for leukaemia causes has been very successful. Francesca died in 1992, aged 2. Gunn played a match for Norwich City against Queens Park Rangers at Carrow Road on 17 October 1992 just days after his daughter had died. He gave an outstanding performance that went a long way to building his legendary status among City supporters. Norwich City Football Club are a football team based in Norwich, England. ... Queens Park Rangers are an English football team, from Shepherds Bush, London. ... Carrow Road is the football stadium of Norwich City Football Club who currently play in the Football League Championship. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Trivia

• Before each half of a match, Gunn would run toward his goal and pretend to attempt to head-butt the crossbar. Fans caught on to this and would make a crescendo of noise, culminating in an "Ooh" when he "missed".
• As a youngster, Gunn often played at left-back.
• As well as his work on the staff at Norwich City in 2002 Gunn was made Sheriff of Norwich for the year by the City Council.
• Bryan currently works for Norwich City as the Community Ambassador representing the club locally and and nationally.

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External references

Scotland international career information Fundraising site for Gunn's Leukaemia Appeal

	Scotland squad - 1990 World Cup
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