Terry Dyson


Terry Dyson is a retired footballer who played as a winger.

Career

After Dyson was demobbed from the army in 1955, he joined Tottenham Hotspur from non-league Scarborough, and played his first match for Tottenham against Sheffield United in March 1955. He played for the North London club until 1965. He was a regular member of the Double-winning side of 1960–61, scoring in the FA Cup Final against Leicester. Dyson was also a member of the team that won the 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup, scoring twice in the final against Atlético Madrid. He made a total of 209 appearances and scored 55 goals for Tottenham.
He later played for Fulham, Colchester United, Wealdstone and Guildford City. Dyson is the only Spurs player to score a hat-trick in the North London derby, doing so on 26 August 1961 in a 4–3 win for Spurs.

Honours

With Tottenham Hotspur:
Dyson currently works part-time for the Football Association, assessing schoolboy matches, and lives in Middlesex. Dyson is the uncle of English golfer Simon Dyson.