Michael John Block (28 January 1940 – 12 December 2019) was an English professional

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who played as a

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. He made nearly 200

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appearances for Chelsea,

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings whi ...

and

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over a 10-year period.

Career

Born in

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line r ...

, Block began his career with the youth team at First Division club Chelsea and played in both legs of the 1958 FA Youth Cup Final. Block progressed to the Chelsea first team and made 40 appearances and scored six goals between 1957 and 1962. Block left Chelsea for

for £5,000 in January 1962. While with Brentford, he was the provider of assists for many goals scored by the club's all-international frontline of

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and John Dick. He later played for

, before dropping into

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with Chelmsford City in 1967.

Honours

Brentford *

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: 1962–63 *

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: 1964–65 Individual * Brentford Supporters' Player of the Year: 1962–63

Career statistics

References

1940 births English men's footballers Chelsea F.C. players Brentford F.C. players Watford F.C. players Chelmsford City F.C. players English Football League players Men's association football wingers England men's youth international footballers 2019 deaths Footballers from Ipswich {{England-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub