Derek Wilkinson (footballer)

Derek Wilkinson
Wilkinson in 1963
Personal information
Date of birth (1935-06-04)4 June 1935
Place of birth Stalybridge, England
Date of death 13 September 2017(2017-09-13) (aged 82)
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
Dukinfield Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1965 Sheffield Wednesday 212 (53)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Derek Wilkinson (4 June 1935 – 13 September 2017) was an English footballer who played as a winger, and spent his entire senior career with Sheffield Wednesday. Wilkinson made 231 appearances for the Owls from 1954 to 1965 before being forced to retire due to injury. Wilkinson died at age 82 after a prolonged illness.