Former Tottenham winger Terry Dyson, a 1961 double-winner, has died aged 91.
The Premier League club confirmed his death on Thursday as they paid tribute to their former player, who scored 55 goals across 209 games over a 10-year spell at Spurs.
Dyson played an integral role under Bill Nicholson as the 1960-61 side became the first 20th-century English club to complete a First Division and FA Cup double. Two years later, he produced another stellar performance by scoring twice during a 5-1 triumph over Atletico Madrid to capture the European Cup Winners’ Cup.
A statement from Tottenham read: "The club is extremely saddened to learn of the passing of our former player Terry Dyson at the age of 91.
"Terry was a key part of our double-winning side in 1961, scoring in the FA Cup Final. He also scored twice in the 1963 European Cup Winners’ Cup Final. He made 209 appearances in all competitions, scoring 55 goals.
"Our deepest condolences are with Terry’s family and friends at this incredibly sad time."
After leaving Spurs, the Yorkshireman went on to play for Fulham, Colchester and Guildford.
He remains the only Spurs player to have scored a hat-trick against fierce rivals Arsenal, achieving the feat at the start of the 1961-62 campaign.
Reflecting on the achievement in 2020, Dyson told the Press Association: "One of them hit my hand. It bounced up, hit my hand and I lashed it in and the Arsenal players went mad.
"They ran after the referee but he never saw it. I didn’t do it deliberately but it hit my hand and I just lashed it in.
"To get a hat-trick was brilliant and nobody has done it since. There was a header, a left foot and a right foot. It was perfect!"
Dyson celebrated the hat-trick with "a few drinks" while receiving reserved praise from manager Nicholson.
"His praise wasn’t brilliant, he didn’t throw it out willy-nilly, but he said well done and I was like ‘oh thanks Bill!’ We went out that night and had a few drinks, so it was good," Dyson said six years ago.
"It is amazing, you don’t think of it at the time but it has gone down in history."
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