Dudley Tyler

Dudley Tyler
Personal information
Date of birth 21 September 1944 (1944-09-21) (age 67)
Place of birth Salisbury, England
Playing position Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1969–1972 Hereford United
1972–1973 West Ham United 29 (1)
1973–1977 Hereford United 102 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Dudley Tyler (born 21 September 1944) is an English former footballer, born in Salisbury, who played as a winger in the Football League for West Ham United and Hereford United.[1]

Career

John Charles signed Tyler for Hereford United in 1969 from amateur football in Swindon;[2][3] he had previously been rejected by several clubs due to him having a hole in his heart. He was part of the team that famously knocked Newcastle United out of the FA Cup,[4] and gained election to the Football League in 1972. Tyler subsequently signed for West Ham United for a then non-league record fee of £25,000.[5] He made just 29 league appearances in one-and-a-half seasons,[1] his only league goal for the club scored against Peter Shilton. He returned to Hereford in November 1973, eventually reaching a total of 329 competitive appearances for the club with 69 goals scored.

After retiring from professional football, he joined non league Malvern Town, eventually becoming player-manager, followed by stints at Westfields and Pegasus Juniors in Hereford, both playing and managing. He worked as a salesman for a plastics company.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Dudley Tyler". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/dudleytyler.htm. Retrieved 18 November 2009. 
  2. ^ "Tributes Paid To Legendary Charles". Malvern Gazette. 23 February 2004. http://www.malverngazette.co.uk/archive/2004/02/23/Herefordshire+Archive/5666451.23_2_04___Tributes_paid_to_legendary_Charles/. Retrieved 26 November 2011. 
  3. ^ "1970's and 1980's". Hereford United F.C. http://www.herefordunited.co.uk/article/624544/1970s-and-1980s. Retrieved 18 November 2009. 
  4. ^ a b Struthers, Greg (11 November 2007). "Caught in time: Hereford United, giantkillers in the FA Cup, 1972". The Sunday Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/article2847808.ece. Retrieved 18 November 2009. 
  5. ^ "West Ham offer record fee". The Times: p. 12. 18 May 1972. "West Ham United will sign Dudley Tyler, one of the stars of Hereford United's gallant FA Cup run, for £25,000 before the end of May. It will be a record fee for a non-League player. Tyler, 26, recently played in a testimonial for West Ham at Millwall and despite undergoing an operation as a child for a hole-in-the-heart, has passed a medical at Upton Park." 

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