youthclubs years death_place death_date clubs birth_place caps goals position birth_date article_title name
new brighton 1948-1950 1950-1952 1952-1953 1953-1956 1943 -- 1944 stafford , england 13 july 1960 new → brentford -lrb- guest -rrb- brighton blackburn rovers manchester city chesterfield stafford rangers wallasey , england 128 63 72 40 - 5 105 37 37 21 - 6 forward 2 july 1917 dennis westcott
 dennis westcott
dennis westcott

dennis westcott -lrb- july 2 , 1917 in wallasey , cheshire -- 13 july 1960 -rrb- was an english footballer , who played for new brighton , wolverhampton wanderers , blackburn rovers , manchester city and chesterfield as a striker .
westcott started his career at everton , but was released .
he then joined nearby new brighton of the third division -lrb- north -rrb- .
in 1937 he had a trial with west ham , but was rejected .
instead , wolverhampton wanderers signed him , giving him a debut against grimsby in an fa cup tie .
wescott scored one of the goals as wolves won 6-2 .
in his first full season with wolves he scored 22 goals , making him the club 's top scorer .
the following season he scored 43 goals in 43 appearances , setting a club record which stood for 50 years until it was broken by steve bull .
westcott played in the 1939 fa cup final , but wolves were beaten 4-1 by portsmouth .
in 1939 competitive football was then suspended due to world war ii , depriving westcott of several years in his prime .
during the war he played four wartime internationals for england and scored six goals in five games while guesting with brentford .
when competitive football resumed in 1946 , westcott continued his goalscoring exploits , setting another club record with 38 goals in the 1946-47 season which made him topscorer in the league .
in 1948 he was released by wolves , and signed for blackburn rovers in the second division .
at blackburn he scored 37 goals in 63 appearances .
he then signed for manchester city , where he scored 36 goals in 72 appearances , finishing as the club 's top scorer in each of the two full seasons he played .
he then moved to chesterfield , and finished his career with stafford rangers .
in 1946 , westcott became one of the first football players to be injected with slices of monkey testicle , a bizarre doping programme instigated by manager major frank buckley .
he played for england four times between 1940 -- 1943 , scoring 5 goals .
however , as these games were during wartime , they are not recognised as full internationals and no caps were issued .
he died from leukaemia in 1960 at the age of 43 .
