Terry Naylor
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Terry Naylor is a former English
England
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 professional footballer
Football (soccer)
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 who played for Tottenham Hotspur and Charlton Athletic
Charlton Athletic F.C.
Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...

 in the position of full back.

Tottenham Hotspur career

Naylor joined the club in July 1969. He was previously employed as a meat porter at London's Smithfield Market. His tough, uncompromising style of play as a full back soon earned him the nickname of "Meathook" with the White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane
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 faithful. Playing a total of 314 games in all competitions including 14 as substitute and scoring one goal between 1970-1980 at Spurs. Naylor featured in both legs of the 1974 UEFA Cup Final
1974 UEFA Cup Final
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 against Feyenoord and was an unused substitute in both legs of the 1972 UEFA Cup Final
1972 UEFA Cup Final
The 1972 UEFA Cup Final was the final of the first ever UEFA Cup football tournament. It was a two-legged contest played on 3 May and 17 May 1972 between two English clubs, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur....

 against Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
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Later career

Naylor joined Charlton Athletic in November 1980 and went on to make 69 League appearances for the club.

Post– football career

After his football career ended Naylor was employed as a postman for Royal Mail
Royal Mail
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. Today he is retired, and still lives in the Islington area.
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