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Terry Dyson
Personal information
Full name Terence Kent Dyson
Date of birth (1934-11-29) 29 November 1934 (age 89)
Place of birth Malton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1955 Scarborough
1955–1965 Tottenham Hotspur 184 (41)
1965–1968 Fulham 23 (3)
1968–1970 Colchester United 56 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Terry Dyson (born 29 November 1934 in Malton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England) is a retired footballer who played as a winger.[1]

Career

After Dyson was demobbed from the army in 1955, he joined Tottenham Hotspur from non-league Scarborough, and played his first match for Tottenham against Sheffield United in March 1955.[2] He played for the North London club until 1965. He was a regular member of the Double-winning side of 1960–61, scoring in the FA Cup Final against Leicester. Dyson was also a member of the team that won the 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup, scoring twice in the final against Atlético Madrid. He made a total of 209 appearances and scored 55 goals for Tottenham.

He later played for Fulham, Colchester United, Wealdstone and Guildford City. Dyson is the only Spurs player to score a hat-trick in the North London derby, doing so on 26 August 1961 in a 4–3 win for Spurs.[3]

Honours

With Tottenham Hotspur:

Today

Dyson currently works part-time for the Football Association, assessing schoolboy matches, and lives in Middlesex. Dyson is the uncle of English golfer Simon Dyson.[4]

References

  1. ^ Hugman, B, J, (Ed)The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records (2005) p185 ISBN 1-85291-665-6
  2. ^ Goodwin, Bob (1 August 2003). Spurs: The Illustrated History. Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 978-1859833872.
  3. ^ The North London Derby Retrieved 29 November 2007
  4. ^ Profile of Simon Dyson Retrieved 19 September 2011