Kerry Michael Dixon was born on 24 July 1961 and is an English retired professional footballer who played as a forward.
19 Facts About Kerry Dixon
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Kerry Dixon arrived as part of Neal's radical re-building of the side, who had narrowly avoided relegation to the Third Division three months earlier, and was joined in the same summer by Pat Nevin, Nigel Spackman, Joe McLaughlin and Eddie Niedzwiecki, as Chelsea looked to push for promotion to the First Division, having been in the Second Division since 1979.
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Kerry Dixon struck up an impressive partnership with fiery Scottish striker David Speedie, despite initial personal problems between the two, and linked up well with winger Nevin; between them the three players scored almost 200 goals over the next three years, as Chelsea not only won promotion but quickly re-established themselves as a First Division side.
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Kerry Dixon eventually finished up as joint top scorer with 24 league goals while Chelsea finished sixth in the final table.
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Kerry Dixon himself was dropped from the side after losing form and was close to joining Chelsea's London rivals Arsenal, though the deal eventually collapsed after chairman Ken Bates intervened.
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Kerry Dixon spent two more seasons with the club and continued to score on a regular basis, although Chelsea failed to finish higher than mid table in 1991 or 1992.
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Kerry Dixon is tenth in the club's all-time appearances list.
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Kerry Dixon never got to represent the club in European competitions.
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Kerry Dixon scored 20 goals in 88 appearances for Luton.
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Kerry Dixon appeared in 11 matches for Watford, who along with Millwall were relegated from Division One that season.
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Kerry Dixon appeared in 16 matches for the Rovers, scoring three times.
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Kerry Dixon's scoring feats earned him an England call-up; he made his debut against Mexico in 1985 during a friendly international tournament in Mexico City.
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Kerry Dixon scored two more four days later against the USA in Los Angeles.
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Kerry Dixon played only one more game for England after that, and finished his international career with eight caps and four goals.
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Since then, Kerry Dixon has had stints coaching non-League sides Boreham Wood, Letchworth, and Hitchin Town.
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Kerry Dixon commentated on Chelsea matches with Gary Taphouse from 2002 to 2008 on both the club's own digital radio station, then on Smooth FM.
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Kerry Dixon is involved with matchday hospitality at the club.
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Kerry Dixon was joint manager at Dunstable alongside Paul Reeves and involved in community work in the area.
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In June 2015, Kerry Dixon was found guilty of assault of a man in a pub in Dunstable.