SOCCER PLAYER

Derek Kevan

1935 - 2013

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Derek Tennyson Kevan (6 March 1935 – 4 January 2013) was an English footballer. He spent the majority of his club career playing as a centre-forward for West Bromwich Albion, where he earned the nickname "The Tank". In 1961–62 he was joint leading scorer in Division One – alongside Ray Crawford of Ipswich Town – with 33 goals. He also won 14 caps for the England national team, scoring a total of eight goals, including two in the 1958 FIFA World Cup Finals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Derek Kevan is the 5,680th most popular soccer player (down from 4,854th in 2019), the 5,398th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,860th in 2019) and the 321st most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among soccer players, Derek Kevan ranks 5,680 out of 21,273. Before him are Alen Halilović, Fran García, Takaki Shigemitsu, Danny Vukovic, Miguel Herrera, and Christoph Kramer. After him are Kensuke Tsukuda, Carlos Soler, Gerhard Strack, Sebastian Deisler, Raúl Jiménez, and Émerson Luiz Firmino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Derek Kevan ranks 501. Before him are Vasil Metodiev, Franco Trincavelli, Jim Hall, Vic Elford, Jane Dee Hull, and Arnold Kopelson. After him are Janne Stefansson, David McKee, Jack McDevitt, Stevie Chalmers, Ronnie Hawkins, and J. G. Farrell. Among people deceased in 2013, Derek Kevan ranks 453. Before him are Aaron Swartz, Valérie Benguigui, Stanisław Szozda, Tatyana Zaslavskaya, Oscar Hijuelos, and Luis Cruzado. After him are Viktor Zinger, Allan Arbus, Henry Taylor, Richard Briers, Bill Smith, and Don Meineke.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Derek Kevan ranks 5,400 out of 8,785. Before him are Noni Madueke (2002), Owen Barfield (1898), Herbert Roper Barrett (1873), Dannie Abse (1923), William Roscoe (1753), and Louise Lombard (1970). After him are Keith Allen (1953), Ben Gordon (1983), Tom Roberts (1856), Sean Pertwee (1964), Jeffrey Goldstone (1933), and Dorothy Shirley (1939).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Derek Kevan ranks 321. Before him are Johnny Douglas (1882), Tommy Gemmell (1943), Brian Kidd (1949), Andy King (1988), Michael Thomas (1967), and Noni Madueke (2002). After him are Alan Kennedy (1954), Stuart Taylor (1980), Ron Flowers (1934), Chris Smalling (1989), Morton Betts (1847), and Maurice Norman (1934).

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