Derek Temple

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title: "Derek Temple" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["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"] description: "English footballer" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Temple" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Derek Temple
fullname	Derek William Temple
birth_date
birth_place	Liverpool, Lancashire, England
height
position	Forward
youthclubs1	Everton
years1	1957–1967
caps1	234
years2	1967–1970
caps2	76
years3	1970–1971
caps3	40
totalcaps	350
totalgoals	95
nationalyears1	1965
nationalteam1	England
nationalcaps1	1
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| name = Derek Temple | image = | caption = | fullname = Derek William Temple | birth_date = | birth_place = Liverpool, Lancashire, England | height = | position = Forward | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Everton | years1 = 1957–1967 | clubs1 = Everton | caps1 = 234 | goals1 = 72 | years2 = 1967–1970 | clubs2 = Preston North End | caps2 = 76 | goals2 = 14 | years3 = 1970–1971 | clubs3 = Wigan Athletic | caps3 = 40 | goals3 = 9 | totalcaps = 350 | totalgoals = 95 | nationalyears1 = 1965 | nationalteam1 = England | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 Derek William Temple (born 13 November 1938) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League as a forward for Everton and Preston North End in the Football League. He was capped once for England.

Temple was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, He moved to inside forward 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 left wing 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 Sheffield Wednesday in the 1966 FA Cup Final. In his Everton career he made 272 appearances (one as substitute) scoring 82 goals (72 League, 8 FA Cup and 2 in Europe).

Temple was transferred to Preston North End for in 1967 for a £35,000 fee.

Temple played once for the England team, selected by Alf Ramsey for the game on 12 May 1965 against West Germany which England won 1–0.

Honours

Everton

• FA Cup: 1965–66

1962/63 League Winner

References

References

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6. Hayes, Dean. (1996). "The Latics: The Official History of Wigan Athletic F.C.". Yore Publications.
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