Dennis Pacey Explained

Dennis Pacey
Fullname:Dennis Frank Pacey
Birth Date:28 September 1928
Birth Place:Feltham, Middlesex, England
Death Place:Chertsey, Surrey, England
Position:Striker
Years2:?–1951
Years3:1951–1954
Years4:1954–1958
Years5:1958–1959
Clubs1:Woking
Clubs2:Walton & Hersham
Clubs3:Leyton Orient
Clubs4:Millwall
Clubs5:Aldershot
Clubs6:Dartford
Clubs7:Yeovil Town
Caps3:120
Caps4:132
Caps5:32
Goals3:46
Goals4:36
Goals5:13

Dennis Frank Pacey (28 September 1928 – 23 September 2009) was an English footballer who played as a striker, mainly for Leyton Orient, Millwall and Aldershot.

An ex-pupil of Strode's College, Pacey played for non-league sides Woking and Walton & Hersham before being signed by Leyton Orient in November 1951. He made his debut the following month in an FA Cup tie against Gorleston, and created an immediate impression by scoring a hat-trick in Orient's 5–4 win. He went on to break Orient's FA Cup goalscoring record, scoring 12 goals in all, a record which still stands as of 2011.[1]

After three successful seasons, Pacey moved to Millwall and again scored on his debut. After scoring 36 goals in 132 league appearances for the Lions, he moved to Aldershot in September 1959, before moving back into non-league football.

Pacey later worked at Heathrow Airport before his retirement. He died in 2009, aged 80, after suffering an aneurysm outside a supermarket near his home in Chertsey.[2]

Notes and References

  1. "Leyton Orient: The Complete Record", N Kaufman & A Ravenhill, Breedon Books, 2006 p. 243
  2. Web site: Ex-footballer collapsed outside Sainsbury's . Surrey Herald . 2009-09-30 . 2001-10-02 .