Alan Wilks

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Alan Wilks

|full_name =

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|10|5|df=y}}

|birth_place = Slough, England

|death_date =

|death_place =

|height =

|position = Forward

|youthyears1 =

|youthclubs1 =

|years1 = 1964–1965

|clubs1 = Chelsea

|caps1 = 0

|goals1 = 0

|years2 = 1965–1971

|clubs2 = Queens Park Rangers

|caps2 = 44

|goals2 = 14

|years3 = 1971–1976

|clubs3 = Gillingham

|caps3 = 138

|goals3 = 29

|totalcaps = 182

|totalgoals = 43

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Alan Wilks (born 5 October 1946) is an English former professional footballer with Queens Park Rangers.{{Hugman|id=21136}}

Career

He signed for QPR in 1965 from Chelsea[http://cards.littleoak.com.au/196869_fks/qpr.htm Nigel's Webspace - FKS 1968/69 Wonderful World of Soccer Stars - Q.P.R] and made his debut in the 2–2 draw with Brighton in December 1966. He was a striker and scored all 5 goals in a League Cup game against Oxford United in 1967.[http://qprreport.blogspot.com/2006/10/ex-qpr-birthdays-alan-wilks-turned.html QPR REPORT: Ex-QPR Birthdays: Alan WIlks Turned 60...Steve Slade Turns 31]

Alan played 50 league games for QPR scoring 14 goals before moving to Gillingham in 1971, where he was named as Player of Year in 1972.{{Cite book |last=Triggs |first=Roger |title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club |publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd |year=2001 |isbn=0-7524-2243-X |location=Stroud |pages=336}} He then played Non league football with Folkestone, Canterbury and Chatham Town until the early 1980s.

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