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Derek
Ufton |
Charlton Athletic FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D
1 L 0 F 4: A 4
50% successful
1953-55
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Derek Gilbert Ufton |
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Birth |
Thursday, 31 May 1928 in Crayford, Kent [registered in
Dartford, September 1928].
Attended Dartford Grammar School |
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Marriage |
to Phyllis I. Birch/Mason, in September
1953 [registered in
Sidcup, September 1953]. Two children, Sally Jane [b.1954] and
Nicholas J. [b.1957] (sometimes spelled Berch) |
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Death |
Saturday, 27 March 2021 in Elham, Kent, aged 92 years 300 days. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
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Playing
Career |
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Club(s) |
Played
rugby as an outside-half at Dartford Grammar School, before switching to
football as a fifteen year old. Started his career with Borough United FC
in Kent and spent rtime as a Cardiff City FC amateur whilst on the books
at Dulwich Hamlet FC. Bexleyheath & Welling FC in 1947 before joining
Charlton Athletic FC, signing professionally in September 1948, becoming
club captain, and remained until injury curtailed his career at the end of
the 1959-60 season. His career was blighted by shoulder injuries,
dislocating it only at least twenty occasions. |
League honours
263 appearances |
Charlton Athletic FC 1949-59 263 appearances
debut: 12
November 1949 Charlton Athletic FC 1 Liverpool FC 3.
last (second
division): 21 November 1959 Charlton Athletic FC 2 Lincoln City FC 2. |
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Club honours |
Football
League fifth place 1952-53 (26 apps);
Division Two
third place 1957-58 (28 apps); |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Also kept
wicket for Kent CCC (1949-62). |
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Height/Weight |
5'
11½",
12st.
4lbs [1957]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & ENFA. |
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Management
Career |
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Club(s) |
After his playing career was ended by injury, Ufton was appointed as a
coach at Tooting & Mitcham United FC in January 1962, until he was appointed chief coach of Plymouth Argyle FC in September 1964
under Malcolm Allison, becoming
the team manager in May 1965, until he was sacked on 29 January 1968. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
723rd
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-half |
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Only match |
No. 282, 21 October 1953, England 4 Rest of
the World 4, a FA ninetieth anniversary celebration match at The Empire
Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 25 years
143 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
England B
(reserve and standby, 1955) |
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Distinctions |
The fifteenth
Kenter to represent England.
At the time of his death, he was the
oldest living ex-England footballer.
Died five days after Frank
Worthington. |
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Beyond England |
His other activities outside
football included photographic modeling and managing a West End club. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.252.
Spent his latter years as a
Sports Consultant, living in Elham, near Canterbury. He served as a director of
Charlton Athletic FC between August 1984 and 2009. |
England
Football Online
