Derek Possee

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Derek Possee
Personal information
Full name Derek James Possee[1]
Date of birth (1946-02-14) 14 February 1946 (age 78)
Place of birth Southwark, England
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
0000–1963 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1967 Tottenham Hotspur 19 (4)
1967–1973 Millwall 223 (79)
1973–1974 Crystal Palace 53 (13)
1974–1977 Leyton Orient 80 (11)
1977
St Patrick's Athletic
? (?)
1977–1979
Vancouver Whitecaps
53 (17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Derek James Possee (born 14 February 1946) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. In a professional career which lasted from 1963 to 1979, Possee made over 400 league appearances, scoring over 100 league goals. He is Millwall's third all-time leading scorer, with 87 goals in all competitions.[3]

Career

Born in

Aston Villa at White Hart Lane. [4]

Possee also played in

.

He signed for

St Patrick's Athletic in October 1977 under Barry Bridges
and scored twice on his debut on the 16th.

Possee then spent three seasons in the

Vancouver Whitecaps, helping them to win the Soccer Bowl
in 1979.

Possee suffered tragedy in his post playing career life. His son Danny, aged 22, was shot and killed by police in 1992 whilst they were executing a warrant for a narcotics arrest.[5]

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Derek Possee". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
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  3. ^ Tarrant. Millwall: The Complete Record. p. 534.
  4. ^ "Tottenham Football/ Premier League debut scorers".
  5. ^ Vancouver Sun news report Archived 8 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 21 June 2010

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