for the English footballer see Harry Griffiths

Harry Griffiths

Harry Stanley Griffiths was an English footballer and baseball international. He played in defence for Everton between 1930 and 1935, but after failing to get a game moved on to Port Vale between 1935 and 1947, playing 192 games in all competitions...

James Henry "Harry" Griffiths (4 January 1931 – 25 April 1978) was a Welsh

Wales

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 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

Swansea City A.F.C.

Swansea City Association Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. One of the most successful clubs in Welsh football, it has won 10 Welsh Cups and led the English Football League First Division in December 1981, before finishing the season in 6th position...

 scored 72 goals, and was also capped by Wales

Wales national football team

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.

He left to join Merthyr Tydfil

Merthyr Tydfil F.C.

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 in 1964, but returned to Swansea as a coach in 1967, and between 1975 and 1978 was Swansea's manager. Griffiths played alongsides the likes of Tom Kiley, Terry Medwin

Terry Medwin

Terence "Terry" Cameron Medwin is a former Welsh international footballer who played as a winger.He made his debut for his home-town team Swansea Town in 1951-52 and went on to make 148 Football League appearances for the Swans.Medwin moved to Tottenham Hotspur for £25,000 in May 1956, and played...

 and Ivor Allchurch

Ivor Allchurch

Ivor John Allchurch MBE was a Welsh international footballer. His brother was Len Allchurch.Known as 'The Golden Boy' of Welsh football, Allchurch played for Swansea Town, Newcastle United and Cardiff City, where he amassed 691 games scoring 249 goals. His record of 68 caps for Wales stood until...

 during a 15-year spell.

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

John Toshack

John Benjamin Toshack OBE is a Welsh former footballer and manager. He is currently the manager of Macedonia. He has also managed several others clubs including Swansea City, who he took from the Fourth Division to the First in four seasons.As a player, he is remembered for being part of the...

's assistant until his death on 25 April 1978, when he suffered a heart attack following the win against Scunthorpe United

Scunthorpe United F.C.

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that clinched promotion to the Third Division. During his time at the club, Grifiths was also chief scout, trainer and physio.