Derek Kevan spent the majority of his club career playing as a centre-forward for West Bromwich Albion, where he earned the nickname "The Tank".
11 Facts About Derek Kevan
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Derek Kevan won 14 caps for the England national team, scoring a total of eight goals, including two in the 1958 FIFA World Cup Finals.
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Derek Kevan was the first signing made by the former Tottenham Hotspur full-back Vic Buckingham after he had taken over from Jesse Carver as manager of West Bromwich Albion in February 1953.
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Derek Kevan's goals helped Manchester City to the semi-finals of the League Cup, a run in which Derek Kevan scored in every round.
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Derek Kevan finished the season as the club's leading goalscorer with 36 goals, 30 of them in the league, although City missed out on promotion.
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Derek Kevan's goals included a first half hat-trick at Preston North End.
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In total Derek Kevan scored 56 goals in all competitions in 76 appearances for the Maine Road club.
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In March 1967, Derek Kevan joined Stockport County, in an exchange deal involving Keith Allen.
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Derek Kevan worked as a delivery driver before returning to The Hawthorns in 1983 to work as a lottery agent as well as playing for the Albion All Stars charity team, which he later managed.
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Derek Kevan died on 4 January 2013 aged 77, leaving a wife, Connie.
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Derek Kevan gained under-23 honours and netted a hat-trick for the Football League against the Scottish League in 1958.