| Derek Kevan | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Derek Tennyson Kevan | |
| Date of birth | 6 March 1935 | |
| Place of birth | Ripon, England | |
| Playing position | Centre-forward | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1952–1953 1953–1963 1963 1963–1965 1965–1966 1966 1966–1967 1967–1968 1968–1969 1969 | Bradford Park Avenue West Bromwich Albion Chelsea Manchester City Crystal Palace Peterborough United Luton Town Stockport County Macclesfield Town Stourbridge | 15 (8) 262 (157) 7 (1) 67 (48) 21 (5) 17 (2) 11 (4) 40 (10) |
| National team | ||
| 1957–1961 | England | 14 (8) |
1 Senior club appearances and goals | ||
Derek Tennyson Kevan (born 6 March 1935, Ripon) is an English former footballer. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ripon is a Cathedral city, Market town and Civil parish within the Borough of Harrogate, in North Yorkshire, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered He played for West Bromwich Albion as an attacker. West Bromwich Albion Football Club (also known as West Brom, The Baggies, Albion, The Albion, The Throstles or WBA) are He earned 14 caps for the England national football team, scoring a total of eight goals, including two in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football The 1958 FIFA World Cup, the sixth staging of the World Cup was hosted by Sweden from June 8 to June 29. During his Albion career, he earned the nickname "The Tank". [1] In 1961–1962 he was joint leading scorer in Division One – alongside Ray Crawford of Ipswich Town – with 33 goals. The Football League First Division was the highest division of The Football League between 1993 and 2004 and the highest division of English football overall between Raymond Crawford (born 13 July, 1936 in Portsmouth) is a former English international footballer, who played as a Striker PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here [2]
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| Preceded by Jimmy Greaves | First Division top scorer 1961–62 (with Ray Crawford) | Succeeded by Jimmy Greaves |