Dean Victor Horrix (21 November 1961 – 11 March 1990), was an English

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. He joined Millwall as a

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and made 65 league appearances plus 7 as substitute, scoring 19 goals, in the

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. He was sold to Gillingham in 1983 and joined

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later the same year. He formed a successful striking partnership with

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and was very popular with the fans, helping the Royals win promotion to the Third Division in 1984 and the Second Division in 1986. He was also part of the team that won the

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in 1988, but were relegated from the Second Division in the same season. He then rejoined Millwall, who had just reached the

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, but was unable to break up the partnership of Tony Cascarino and

Teddy Sheringham Edward Paul "Teddy" Sheringham, MBE (born 2 April 1966) is an English football manager and former player. He played as a forward, mostly as a second striker, in a 24-year professional career. Sheringham began his career at Millwall, where he ...

, and played just 11 league games in 18 months. Horrix was sold to

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in March 1990, but died the following week in a car crash while returning to his home in the

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area. His wife Carol, who was driving the car, survived. Horrix had played just three games for the club, who were on the verge of promotion to the Second Division.http://www.royals.org/deano.html

References

External links

Profile at millwall-history.co.uk
1961 births 1990 deaths English men's footballers Gillingham F.C. players Millwall F.C. players Reading F.C. players Cardiff City F.C. players Bristol City F.C. players Road incident deaths in England Men's association football forwards People from Tadley People from Burnham-on-Sea Footballers from Hampshire {{England-footy-forward-1960s-stub