Date of birth 15 September 1867 Years Team Playing position | Date of death 1895 (aged 27–28) Name David Wykes | |
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1888–1895 Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
Place of birth Wolverhampton, England | ||
David wykes training unitarian ministers in the early nineteenth century
David Wykes (15 September 1867 – 1895) was an English footballer who played for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Football League, making his debut in its inaugural season in 1888-1889. He scored his first goals for Wolves in a 2-2 draw against Blackburn Rovers that season, and struck four times for the club in their run to the 1889 FA Cup Final, which they lost 3-0 to Preston North End's 'Invincibles'. However, Wykes was on the winning side in 1893, when Wolves beat Everton.
Wykes played a total of 179 matches for Wolves, scoring 69 goals, and died the day of typhoid fever and pneumonia on 7 October 1895, aged just 28, the day after playing against Stoke. His son, also named David, also died young, in a motorcycle accident in Walsall.
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