Dennis Pacey

Dennis Frank Pacey (28 September 1928 – 23 September 2009) was an English footballer who played as a striker, mainly for Leyton Orient, Millwall and Aldershot.

Dennis Pacey
Personal information
Full name Dennis Frank Pacey
Date of birth 28 September 1928
Place of birth Feltham, Middlesex, England
Date of death 23 September 2009(2009-09-23) (aged 80)
Place of death Chertsey, Surrey, England
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Woking
?–1951 Walton & Hersham
1951–1954 Leyton Orient 120 (46)
1954–1958 Millwall 132 (36)
1958–1959 Aldershot 32 (13)
Dartford
Yeovil Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

An ex-pupil of Strode's College, Pacey played for non-league sides Woking and Walton & Hersham before being signed by Leyton Orient in November 1951. He made his debut the following month in an FA Cup tie against Gorleston, and created an immediate impression by scoring a hat-trick in Orient's 5–4 win. He went on to break Orient's FA Cup goalscoring record, scoring 12 goals in all, a record which still stands as of 2011.[1]

After three successful seasons, Pacey moved to Millwall and again scored on his debut. After scoring 36 goals in 132 league appearances for the Lions, he moved to Aldershot in September 1959, before moving back into non-league football.[1]

Pacey later worked at Heathrow Airport before his retirement.[1] He died in 2009, aged 80, after suffering an aneurysm outside a supermarket near his home in Chertsey.[2]

References
  1. "Leyton Orient: The Complete Record", N Kaufman & A Ravenhill, Breedon Books, 2006 p. 243
  2. "Ex-footballer collapsed outside Sainsbury's". Surrey Herald. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2001.
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