Derek Hales
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Derek David Hales | ||
| Date of birth | 15 December 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Lower Halstow, Kent, England | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1972 | Dartford | 29 | (15) |
| 1972–1973 | Luton Town | 7 | (1) |
| 1973–1976 | Charlton Athletic | 129 | (72) |
| 1976–1977 | Derby County | 23 | (4) |
| 1977–1978 | West Ham United | 24 | (10) |
| 1978–1985 | Charlton Athletic | 191 | (76) |
| 1985–1986 | Gillingham | 40 | (9) |
| Total | 443 | (187) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Derek David Hales (born 15 December 1951) is an English former footballer.
He is the all-time leading goalscorer for Charlton Athletic (when both league and cup games are taken into account), with his most prolific season being 1975–76, when he scored 28 league goals and was leading scorer in the Football League Second Division. He is also famous for an on-field fight with teammate Mike Flanagan during an FA Cup tie against Maidstone in 1979.[1][2]
After running a pub in his native village Lower Halstow, he is now employed at the Howard School in Gillingham.[3]
References
- General
- Roger Triggs (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
- Derek Hales at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- Specific
- ^ Daily Mail - The Top on-pitch punch-ups
- ^ The Times
- ^ the-football-league-paper May 17, 2015, issue No.247