| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Derek William Temple[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1938-11-13)13 November 1938 (age 86) | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool,Lancashire, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Everton | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1967 | Everton | 234 | (72) |
| 1967–1970 | Preston North End | 76 | (14) |
| 1970–1971 | Wigan Athletic | 40 | (9) |
| Total | 350 | (95) | |
| International career | |||
| 1965 | England | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Derek William Temple (born 13 November 1938) is an English formerfootballer who played inthe Football League as aforward forEverton andPreston North End inthe Football League. He wascapped once forEngland.[3]
Temple was born inLiverpool,Lancashire,[3] and came throughEverton's junior sides to make his first-team debut atcentre-forward on 30 March 1957.[4] He moved toinside forward later that year and linked up well withDave Hickson, but the partnership was broken up when Temple was called up for his National Service.Harry Catterick moved Temple to theleft wing in 1961, and during his first season in this position he scored 10 goals in 17 games. He missed out on a league winner's medal the next season, sidelined by a cartilage operation, but recovered to play in the1963 FA Charity Shield.[5] Temple scored the late winner in Everton's 3–2 defeat ofSheffield Wednesday in the1966 FA Cup Final. In his Everton career he made 272 appearances (one as substitute) scoring 82 goals (72 League, 8FA Cup and 2 in Europe).[6]
Temple was transferred toPreston North End for in 1967 for a £35,000 fee.[6] He made 76 league appearances for Preston, scoring 14 goals.[3] He joinedWigan Athletic for £4,000 in the summer of 1970. He made 40Northern Premier League appearances for the club before deciding to retire.[7]
He played once for theEngland team, selected byAlf Ramsey for the game on 12 May 1965 againstWest Germany which England won 1–0.[1]
Everton
