Full name Richard Tydeman Years Team Height 1.80 m | Playing position Role Football player Name Dick Tydeman | |
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Date of birth (1951-05-26) 26 May 1951 (age 64) | ||
Richard "Dick" Tydeman (born 26 May 1951) is an English retired Association football player who played professionally for Charlton Athletic and Peterborough United but is best known for his time with Gillingham where, in two spells, he made over 370 Football League appearances.
Career
Tydeman came through the ranks with Gillingham and was playing for the reserves at the age of fifteen. He broke into the first team at eighteen and was a first choice in the Gills' midfield for the next seven years, although in 1971 he briefly contemplated quitting the game to become a teacher.
In 1976 Tydeman followed his former manager Andy Nelson to Charlton Athletic for a fee of £70,000 and stayed with the Addicks for five years before returning to Gillingham as one of new manager Keith Peacock's first signings. After two seasons at Priestfield Stadium he moved to Peterborough United before seeing out his career with a number of Kent non-league teams.
After retirement he became a taxi driver. His son Sam was a trainee with Gillingham but failed to make the grade.