Derek Possee is pictured above during Crystal Palace's 2-0 win against Chelsea.
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Derek Possee suffered tragedy in his post playing career life. His son Danny, aged 22,
was shot and killed by police.
Danny Possee was killed on May 12th. 1992 during a botched drug raid staged
by the
West Vancouver municipal police and the North Vancouver RCMP, whilst they were
executing a warrant for a narcotics arrest.
Danny was playing with a
pellet gun in his North Vancouver basement suite when
someone opened his
unlocked door. He turned to see who was there, the harmless
rifle in
his hands and police shot him dead.
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| Tottenham: |
1963-1964 |
Played |
1 |
Scored |
1 |
goal |
(Division 1) |
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1964-1965 |
Played |
1 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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1965-1966 |
Played |
17 |
Scored |
3 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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1966-1967 |
Played |
0 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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| Transferred in August 1967 |
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| Millwall: |
1967-1968 |
Played |
42 |
Scored |
11 |
goals |
(Division 2) |
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1968-1969 |
Played |
40 |
Scored |
15 |
goals |
(Division 2) |
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1969-1970 |
Played |
39 |
Scored |
18 |
goals |
(Division 2) |
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1970-1971 |
Played |
41 |
Scored |
14 |
goals |
(Division 2) |
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1971-1972 |
Played |
39 |
Scored |
15 |
goals |
(Division 2) |
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1972-1973 |
Played |
22 |
Scored |
6 |
goals |
(Division 2) |
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Transferred in January 1973 for £115,000
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| Crystal Palace: |
1972-1973 |
Played |
17 |
Scored |
4 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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1973-1974 |
Played |
36 |
Scored |
8 |
goals |
(Division 2) |
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Transferred to Leyton Orient in July 1974 for whom he
played 80 games and scored 11 goals.
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| Between 1977 -79 he played 53 times for Vancover Whitecaps (17 goals) |