Ron Brett was a professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Brett started his career at Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace F.C.

Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...

  before moving in 1959 to West Ham

West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

 in a deal which saw Malcolm Pyke moving the other way. Brett made 13 appearances in all competitions for West Ham between September 1959 and April 1961 before returning to Crystal Palace as part of the deal which saw Johnny Byrne

Johnny Byrne (footballer)

John Joseph "Budgie" Byrne was an English professional football player.Johnny started his career playing for Epsom Town, and then Guildford City Youth, before moving to Football League club Crystal Palace, signing a professional contract on his 17th birthday...

 move to The Hammers. Five months after returning to Palace, Brett was killed when his car hit a lorry in Clerkenwell

Clerkenwell

Clerkenwell is an area of central London in the London Borough of Islington. From 1900 to 1965 it was part of the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury. The well after which it was named was rediscovered in 1924. The watchmaking and watch repairing trades were once of great importance...

, London

London

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. The last match he played, just days before his death, was a reserve game between his two clubs, Crystal Palace and West Ham. At the time of his death he had scored 13 goals in all competitions for Crystal Palace.

External links

• Ron Brett, Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database