Reginald Derrick Matthews (20 December 1933 – 7 October 2001) was an English

England

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 football

Football (soccer)

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 goalkeeper.

Club career

In a playing career spanning almost 20 years, Matthews turned out for Coventry City

Coventry City F.C.

Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...

, Chelsea

Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

 and Derby County

Derby County F.C.

Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

, making over 100 league appearances for each. He was selected to play for the Third Division South team

Football League Third Division North vs. South Representative Games

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 against the North in 1955/56 and 1956/57.

International career

He won five caps

Cap (sport)

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 for the England national team

England national football team

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, all of which came in 1956. He was the first Coventry-born footballer to be capped by England. Matthews is one of only five post-war players to be capped while playing for a Third Division club.