Dean Horrix Explained

Dean Horrix
Fullname:Dean Victor Horrix
Birth Date:21 November 1961
Birth Place:Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England
Position:Forward
Height:5 ft 10 in[1]
Years1:1980–1983
Years2:1983
Years3:1983–1988
Years4:1987
Years5:1988–1990
Years6:1990
Clubs1:Millwall
Clubs2:Gillingham
Clubs3:Reading
Clubs4:Cardiff City (loan)
Clubs5:Millwall
Clubs6:Bristol City
Caps1:72
Caps2:14
Caps3:158
Caps4:9
Caps5:11
Caps6:3
Goals1:19
Goals2:0
Goals3:35
Goals4:3
Goals5:1
Goals6:0

Dean Victor Horrix (21 November 1961 – 11 March 1990), was an English footballer.

He joined Millwall as a striker and made 65 league appearances plus 7 as substitute, scoring 19 goals, in the Football League Third Division. He was sold to Gillingham in 1983 and joined Reading later the same year. He formed a successful striking partnership with Trevor Senior and was very popular with the fans, helping the Royals win promotion to the Third Division in 1984 and the Second Division in 1986. He was also part of the team that won the Full Members' Cup in 1988, but were relegated from the Second Division in the same season. He then rejoined Millwall, who had just reached the Football League First Division, but was unable to break up the partnership of Tony Cascarino and Teddy Sheringham, and played just 11 league games in 18 months.

Horrix was sold to Bristol City in March 1990, but died the following week in a car crash while returning to his home in the Tadley area. His wife Carol, who was driving the car, survived. Horrix had played just three games for the club, who were on the verge of promotion to the Second Division.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 . Peter . Dunk . Queen Anne Press . London . 1987 . 306 . 978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. http://www.royals.org/deano.html