Dave Deacon

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2014}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dave Deacon

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| fullname = David Benjamin Deacon

| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|3|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Broome, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|7|23|1929|3|10|df=y}}

| death_place = Cambridge, England

| height =

| position = Full back

| years1 = –

| clubs1 = Bungay Town

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| years2 = 1950–1960

| clubs2 = Ipswich Town

| caps2 = 66

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = –

| clubs3 = Cambridge United

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David Benjamin Deacon (10 March 1929 – 23 July 1990) was a professional footballer who played in the Football League as a full back for Ipswich Town. He also played non-league football for Bungay Town and Cambridge United.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/ipswich/ipswich.html |title=Ipswich Town : 1946/47–2008/09 |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=2 October 2009}}{{hugman|4928|accessdate=20 February 2018}}

His brother Jimmy was a Council member of the Suffolk County FA.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}