Terry Dyson, Tottenham's 1961 Double hero, dies aged 91

Terry Dyson, a key member of Tottenham Hotspur's historic double-winning side of the early 1960s, has died at the age of 91.

Dyson stood just 5ft 3ins tall but repeatedly delivered on the grandest occasions. He scored in the 1961 FA Cup Final as Spurs beat Leicester City 2-0 to become the first club in the 20th century to win the league and FA Cup double in the same season.

His most celebrated performance came two years later in the 1963 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, when he scored twice in a 5-1 demolition of Atletico Madrid — making Tottenham the first British club to win a European trophy.

Dyson also remains the only Spurs player to score a hat-trick in the north London derby.

Bobby Smith, his team-mate and fellow scorer in the 1961 FA Cup Final, told Dyson after the European triumph: "You better retire now, you'll never play better."

Born in Malton, Yorkshire on 29 November 1934, the son of jockey 'Ginger' Dyson, Terry was spotted by a Spurs scout after scoring five goals for the Army against the Guards. He joined the club as an amateur in December 1954 and signed professional forms in April 1955.

Dyson started 47 of Spurs' 49 matches during the double season, contributing 17 goals — 12 in the league and five in the FA Cup. He went on to make 209 appearances in all competitions for the club, scoring 55 goals across a decade at White Hart Lane.

He left Tottenham for Fulham in May 1965 and later had spells at Colchester, Guildford City and Wealdstone. Dyson then moved into management with clubs including Kingsbury, Wingate and Dagenham, where he won the FA Trophy in 1980, before roles at Boreham Wood, Ruislip and Kingsbury Town. From 1999, he served as a referee's observer for the Premier Academy League.