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Denis Thwaites

Denis Thwaites

Clubs played for: Birmingham City

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Biography: A winger he played in the Football League between 1962-72. Known to suffer from big match nerves he only started 11 times in his last six seasons at Birmingham City. Overall he made 87 appearances for them scoring 18 goals. He retired from professional football in 1972 aged 27. He went on to become a hospital porter in Blackpool where he still lived in retirement. He and his wife were killed in a terrorist massacre on a beach near the Tunisian resort of Sousse on 26th June 2015. He was aged 70.




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