Derek Lewis
English footballer
Intro | English footballer | |
Places | United Kingdom Great Britain England | |
was | Athlete Football player Association football player | |
Work field | Sports | |
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Birth | 10 June 1929, Edmonton, London Borough of Enfield, Greater London, England | |
Death | 13 July 1953St Albans, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, East of England (aged 24 years) |
Derek Ivor Edwin Lewis (10 June 1929 – 13 July 1953) was an English professional football (soccer) player for Gillingham and Preston North End. He made 85 Football League appearances and was tipped as a future England international but died suddenly of a brain haemorrhage at the age of 24.