Derrick Allen (soccer player, 1930)
| Derrick Allen | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Derrick Sydney Allen | |
| birthday | April 18, 1930 | |
| place of birth | Luton , England | |
| date of death | November 30, 1978 | |
| Place of death | Luton , England | |
| position | Winger | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Limbury Boys Club | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| Alton Town | ||
| 1952-1956 | Luton Town | 1 (0) |
| 1956-1957 | Watford FC | 6 (1) |
| 1957-1958 | Folkestone Town | |
| 1958-1959 | Margate FC | |
| 1959-1961 | St Neots Town | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Derrick Sydney Allen (born April 18, 1930 in Luton , † November 30, 1978 ibid) was an English football player .
Career
Allen played at the Limbury Boys Club in Luton as a youth before joining Alton Town on an amateur basis . In January 1952, he joined the professional club in his hometown - Luton Town - but continued to work as a truck driver. His only competitive game for the professional team from Luton had under his nickname "Sos" popular player in March 1955, when he was called up in a game of the Football League Second Division against Derby County (final score 0-0). In mid-1956 he left Luton Town and moved to local rivals Watford FC , rather unusual given the rivalry between the two clubs.
At Watford, Allen played ten games in a row from late October to early December 1956, mostly as a left winger, including six games in the Third Division South ; he scored his only goal in a 2-1 league win against Exeter City . In February 1957 he left Watford again and joined Folkestone Town with his teammate Bryan Atkinson in the Kent League . For the 1958/59 season he moved within the Kent League to FC Margate , which he left after only one season and only 11 competitive appearances. He finally let his career end from 1959 to 1961 at St Neots Town .
At the time of his death - in 1978 at the age of 48 - Allen was still playing Sunday football and serving as an official in the local Luton District & South Beds Football League . In his honor, a local competition was renamed the SOS Allen Cup , which was still played in 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Derrick Allen in the barryhugmansfootballers.com database. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ Trefor Jones: The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who . TG Jones, Twickenham 1996, ISBN 0-9527458-0-1 , pp. 22 .
- ↑ a b c watfordfcarchive.co.uk: Derrick Sydney ALLEN (1956) Winger
- ↑ watfordfcarchive.co.uk: Trivia , accessed July 23, 2017
- ↑ a b margatefootballclubhistory.com: Derek Allen [sic], accessed July 23, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Allen, Derrick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Allen, Derrick Sydney (full name); Allen, Sos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luton |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1978 |
| Place of death | Luton |