Dean Horrix was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 footballer.

He joined Millwall

Millwall F.C.

Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...

 as a striker

Striker

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 and made 65 league appearances plus 7 as substitute, scoring 19 goals. He was sold to Gillingham

Gillingham F.C.

Gillingham Football Club is an English professional football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent. The only Kent-based club in the Football League, they play their home matches at the Priestfield Stadium...

 in 1983 and joined Reading

Reading F.C.

Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...

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

Trevor Senior

Trevor Senior was a striker with Reading Football Club.Senior started his career at Dorchester. He joined Portsmouth in 1981 for £35,000, and then moved to Reading where he scored 184 goals in 362 league and cup appearances in two spells between 1983 and 1992...

 and was very popular with the fans. He was part of the team that won the Simod Cup (sponsored name of the Full Members Cup

Full Members Cup

The Full Members Cup was an association football cup competition held in English football from 1985 to 1992. It was also known under its sponsored names of the Simod Cup from 1987 to 1989 and the Zenith Data Systems Cup from 1989 to 1992....

) in 1988, then rejoined Millwall

Millwall F.C.

Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...

 in 1988, but did not get many first-team opportunities.

Horrix was sold to Bristol City

Bristol City F.C.

Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...

 in March 1990, but died the following week in a car crash in Berkshire

Berkshire

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. He had played just three games for the club and was still living in the Tadley

Tadley

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His wife Carol was driving the car but survived.