Alan Deakin
{{Short description|English footballer (1941–2018)}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
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|fullname = Alan Roy Deakin
|birth_date = {{birth date|1941|11|27|df=y}}
|birth_place = Balsall Heath, England
|death_date = {{death date and age|2018|1|2|1941|11|27|df=y}}
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|position = Wing half
|youthyears1 = –1959
|youthclubs1 = Aston Villa
|years1 = 1959–1970
|clubs1 = Aston Villa
|caps1 = 231
|goals1 = 9
|years2 = 1969–1972
|clubs2 = Walsall
|caps2 = 50
|goals2 = 0
|clubs3 = Tamworth
|years3 = 1972–1974
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| totalcaps = 281
| totalgoals = 9
|nationalyears1 = ?
|nationalteam1 = England under 23 team
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Alan Roy Deakin (27 November 1941 – 2 January 2018) was an English footballer during the 1960s. He was the captain of Aston Villa and also played for Walsall. He is the younger brother of Mike Deakin who also played in the Football League, most notably for Crystal Palace.{{cite book|last1 =Purkiss|first1 =Mike|last2 =Sands|first2 =Nigel|title=Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989|year =1990|publisher =The Breedon Books Publishing Company|page=71|isbn=0907969542}}
Career
Deakin signed for the club as a 15-year-old. He became a regular in the side during the 1960–61 season and collected a League Cup winners' tankard at the start of the following season. He broke his ankle during the 1964–65 season, but recovered to skipper the side for the 1966–67 season. Deakin also played for the England under 23 team.
Deakin left Villa Park for Walsall in 1969, having made 231 league appearances for the club and scored 9 goals. He went on to play 50 league games for Walsall before moving to Tamworth FC for a further 2 years of football then retiring in 1974.{{NeilBrownPlayers|player3/alandeakin}}
On retirement from the game he became a welder. He lived in Aldridge in the West Midlands and played a number of times for the Aston Villa "Old Stars".{{cite web|url=http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/aston-villa-fc/aston-villa-news/2010/02/27/the-aston-villa-team-of-1961-where-are-they-now-97319-25922688/|title=The Aston Villa team of 1961: Where are they now?|first=Birmingham|last=Mail|date=27 February 2010|access-date=11 September 2010|archive-date=26 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926182347/http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/aston-villa-fc/aston-villa-news/2010/02/27/the-aston-villa-team-of-1961-where-are-they-now-97319-25922688/|url-status=dead}} He died on 2 January 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2018/01/03/rip-alan-deakin/|title=RIP Alan Deakin|publisher=Aston Villa F.C.}}
Honours
References
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External links
- [http://www.lerwill-life.org.uk/astonvilla/profiles/avdeakin.htm Alan Deakin at Aston Villa profiles]
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Category:England men's under-23 international footballers
Category:Aston Villa F.C. players
Category:Tamworth F.C. players
Category:Men's association football wing halves
Category:English Football League players
Category:Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall
Category:Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands
Category:Place of death missing