Denis Howe

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Denis Howe
Personal information
Full name Denis Cecil Howe [1]
Date of birth(1928-09-14)14 September 1928 [2]
Place of birth West Ham, [2] England
Date of death 7 June 2020(2020-06-07) (aged 91)
Place of death England
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1949–1951 West Ham United 0 (0)
1951–1954 Darlington 89 (1)
1954–1958 Southend United 101 (0)
1958–1959 Aldershot 33 (0)
1959–1960 Bedford Town 35 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Denis Cecil Howe (14 September 1928 – 7 June 2020) was an English footballer who made 223 appearances in the Football League for Darlington, Southend United and Aldershot in the 1950s. A full back or centre half, [2] he also played in the Southern League for Bedford Town. [3] [4] [5]

Life and career

Howe was born in September 1928 in West Ham, now part of London. He began his football career with West Ham United, but never played first-team football for the club, and moved on to Darlington in 1951. After three years and 89 appearances in the Third Division North, [2] he spent four seasons in the Southern Section with Southend United, for whom he played 108 senior matches (101 in league competition). [6] He finished his career in the Football League with a season at Aldershot in Division Four. [2] Howe signed for Southern League club Bedford Town in 1959, and played regularly for his first season with the club, but injuries restricted his second season to just six senior matches, the last of which was on 3 November 1960. [3]

He died in June 2020 at the age of 91. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Denis Howe". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Denis Howe". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  3. 1 2 "1960/1 in photos". Bedford Old Eagles. David Williams. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "1959/60 Results and teams". Bedford Old Eagles. David Williams. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "1960/1 Results and teams". Bedford Old Eagles. David Williams. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Denis Howe". Southend United FC database. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  7. ↑ England and Wales, Find A Will: HOWE, Denis Cecil


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