Derrick Downing

{{short description|English footballer (born 1945)}}

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| name = Derrick Downing

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| fullname = Derrick Graham Downing{{cite book

| editor-last = Hugman

| editor-first = Barry J.

| title = The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005

| year = 2005

| publisher = Queen Anne Press

| location = Harpenden

| isbn = 978-1-85291-665-7

| page = 178 }}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|11|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}{{cite book

| first1 = Martin

| last1 = Jarred

| first2 = Dave

| last2 = Windross

| title = Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997

| year = 1997

| publisher = Citizen Publications

| location = Selby

| isbn = 978-0-9531005-0-7

| pages = 30–31 }}

| position = Defender / Winger

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| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1965

| clubs1 = Frickley Colliery

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| years2 = 1965–1972

| clubs2 = Middlesbrough

| caps2 = 182

| goals2 = 39

| years3 = 1972–1975

| clubs3 = Orient

| caps3 = 104

| goals3 = 12

| years4 = 1975–1977

| clubs4 = York City

| caps4 = 47

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 1977–1978

| clubs5 = Hartlepool United

| caps5 = 40

| goals5 = 4

| years6 = 1978–

| clubs6 = Scarborough

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| clubs7 = Mexborough Town Athletic

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| clubs8 = Hatfield Main

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| clubs9 = Sutton United (Doncaster)

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| totalcaps = 373

| totalgoals = 57

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| managerclubs1 = Hatfield Main

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Derrick Graham Downing (born 3 November 1945) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender or a winger in the Football League for Middlesbrough, Orient, York City and Hartlepool United and in non-League football for Frickley Colliery, Scarborough, Mexborough Town Athletic, Hatfield Main and Sutton United. He also served as player-manager at Hatfield Main. He attended the Percy Jackson Grammar School, Doncaster, 1957–1964.Admissions Registers. Percy Jackson GS Collection, Doncaster Archives