About Dickie Rooks
Lived 1940 – 2024 (aged 83). Dickie Rooks was a British association football player.
Richard Rooks (29 May 1940 – 6 April 2024) was an English footballer who played as a centre half. He made over 260 Football League appearances in the years after the Second World War.
Career Rooks played locally for Sunderland youth teams. He moved from Sunderland for £20,000 to Middlesbrough in August 1965. Alan Dicks signed Rooks for £17,000 in June 1969 for Bristol City.
Rooks left Bristol City in July 1972 to become the player-coach at Willington. He then joined Scunthorpe United in November 1974 as manager for 14 months before being sacked in January 1976. Scunthorpe United had finished 24th and bottom of the Fourth Division in 1974–75 and been forced to seek re-election. Rooks then coached Zanzibar and was an FA Coach for Tyne & Wear linked to Sunderland's School of Excellence.
Honours Middlesbrough Football League Third Division runner-up: 1966–67
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Who was Dickie Rooks?
English footballer (1940–2024)
When was Dickie Rooks born?
Dickie Rooks was born on 29 May 1940 in Sunderland.
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Dickie Rooks died on 6 April 2024 in Sunderland.
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Dickie Rooks was an association football player.
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Dickie Rooks was British.
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