Derek William Temple (born 13 November 1938) is an English former

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who played in

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as a forward for Everton and

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. He was capped once for

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. Temple was born in

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, and came through Everton's junior sides to make his first-team debut at

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on 30 March 1957. He moved to

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later that year and linked up well with Dave Hickson, but the partnership was broken up when Temple was called up for his National Service. Harry Catterick moved Temple to the

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in 1961, and during his first season in this position he scored 10 goals in 17 games. He missed out on a league winner's medal the next season, sidelined by a cartilage operation, but recovered to play in the 1963 FA Charity Shield. Temple scored the late winner in Everton's 3–2 defeat of

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in the 1966 FA Cup Final. In his Everton career he made 272 appearances (one as substitute) scoring 82 goals (72 League, 8

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and 2 in Europe). Temple was transferred to

for in 1967 for a £35,000 fee. He made 76 league appearances for Preston, scoring 14 goals. He joined

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for £4,000 in the summer of 1970. He made 40

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appearances for the club before deciding to retire. Temple played once for the England team, selected by

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for the game on 12 May 1965 against

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which England won 1–0.

Honours

Everton *

: 1965–66 1962/63 League Winner

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Temple, Derek 1938 births Living people Footballers from Liverpool English men's footballers England men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Everton F.C. players Preston North End F.C. players Wigan Athletic F.C. players English Football League players English Football League representative players