Terry Dyson
English footballer
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Terry Dyson (born 29 November 1934) is a retired footballer who played as a winger.[2]
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Tottenham Hotspur in 1960 with Danny Blanchflower (captain) and both goalkeepers, Bill Brown and John Hollowbread, in the team with Cecil Poynton as trainer and Bill Nicholson as manager. Terry Dyson sitting far right in the front row. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Terence Kent Dyson | ||
| Date of birth | 29 November 1934 | ||
| Place of birth | Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England[1] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1955 | Scarborough | ||
| 1955–1965 | Tottenham Hotspur | 184 | (41) |
| 1965–1968 | Fulham | 23 | (3) |
| 1968–1970 | Colchester United | 56 | (4) |
| 1970–1972 | Guildford City | 109 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Dyson was spotted playing football for the British Army during National Service[1] After being demobbed in 1955 he joined Tottenham Hotspur from non-league Scarborough. Dyson played his first match for Tottenham against Sheffield United in March 1955.[3] 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 (and one out of four scoring a hat-trick in the derby), doing so on 26 August 1961 in a 4–3 win for Spurs.[4]
Honours
Tottenham Hotspur
Today
Dyson works part-time for the Football Association, assessing schoolboy matches, and lives in Middlesex. Dyson is the uncle of English golfer Simon Dyson.[6]