Des Palmer

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Des Palmer
Personal information
Full name Desmond Frederick Palmer
Date of birth(1931-09-23)23 September 1931
Place of birth Swansea, Wales
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1952–1959 Swansea Town 84 (38)
1959–1960 Liverpool 0 (0)
1960-1961 Johannesburg Ramblers
1961–1962 Derby County 18 (6)
1963–1964 Slavia-Port Melbourne
1965 SSC Yugal
1965 Adamstown
International career
1957 Wales 3 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Desmond "Des" Frederick Palmer (born 23 September 1931) is a retired Welsh male international footballer forward. He was part of the Wales national football team, playing 3 matches and scoring 3 goals. He played his first match on 26 May 1957 against Czechoslovakia and his last match on 19 October 1957 against England. [1] He scored a hat-trick during the 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification of the match against East Germany on 25 September 1957. On club level he played for Swansea City A.F.C. between 1952 and 1959. [2] He then moved to Liverpool, but didn't play a match for their senior team. He had a successful stint with Johannesburg Ramblers before playing a final season (1961–62) in England with Derby County F.C. during which he made 18 appearances and scored 6 goals. [3]

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After this, Palmer moved to Australia and played two seasons with Port Melbourne Slavia in the Victorian State League. He guided his team to victory in the 1963 Australia Cup, scoring a hat-trick in their 3–2 win in the Final Replay against Polonia Melbourne. [4]

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References

  1. "Wales player database 1872 to 2013". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  2. "Desmond Frederick Palmer". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  3. "Australian Player Database - PA". Ozfootball.net.
  4. Andrew Robinson (14 September 2017). "Australia Cup 1963 – Results (Final Report)" . Retrieved 10 August 2018.