Derek David Hales (born 15 December 1951) is an English former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a striker. He is the all-time leading goalscorer for

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, south-east London, which compete in . Their home ground is The Valley, where the club have played since 1919. They have also played at The Mount in C ...

, with his most prolific season being 1975–76, when he scored 28 league goals and was leading scorer in the Football League Second Division. He is also famous for an on-field fight with teammate Mike Flanagan during an FA Cup tie against Maidstone in 1979. After running a pub in his native village

Lower Halstow Lower Halstow is a village and civil parish in the Swale district of Kent, England. The village is northwest of Sittingbourne on the banks of the Medway Estuary. It lies north of Newington on the A2 Roman road. The 2011 census recorded the p ...

, he was employed at the Howard School in Gillingham.the-football-league-paper 17 May 2015, issue No.247

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;General * * ;Specific {{DEFAULTSORT:Hales, Derek 1951 births Living people People from the Borough of Swale English footballers Association football forwards Gillingham F.C. players Dartford F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players Charlton Athletic F.C. players Derby County F.C. players West Ham United F.C. players English Football League players