Derek David Hales (born 15 December 1951) is an English former footballer who played as a striker.
He is the all-time leading goalscorer for Charlton Athletic,[1] with his most prolific season being 1975–76, when he scored 28 league goals and was leading scorer in the Football League Second Division.
[citation needed] He is also famous for an on-field fight with teammate Mike Flanagan during an FA Cup tie against Maidstone in 1979.
[2] After running a pub in his native village Lower Halstow, he was employed at the Howard School in Gillingham.
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