Terry Adlington of Blackwell, Derby County, Torquay United, Baltimore Bays and Dallas Tornado
Terence Adlington was born in Blackwell, Derbyshire, to Charles Edward and Hilda, and had an elder brother Ronald. In 1939 the family were at No 122 Primrose Hill, the same house occupied by Billy Foulks in 1891
Wikipedia reports that he was playing for his local side Blackwell Colliery Welfare when spotted by Derby County. He moved to the Baseball Ground in December 1955, shortly after winning the Notts Alliance with Blackwell, though he continued to work part-time as an electrician at the colliery.
His league debut came the following season, a 4–0 win at home to Crewe Alexandra on 26 January 1957, his only game in Derby’s 3rd division (north) championship team. He played a total of 36 league games for the Rams, before leaving to join Torquay United in June 1962.
In a 1963 FA cup game against Barnet he scored a goal, an unusual feat for a goalkeeper. In the days before substitutes he was injured during the game and so played on the wing. Torquay won the game 6–2.
He eventually left for the United States and the newly established North American Soccer League, joining the Baltimore Bays for the 1967 season, moving to the Dallas Tornado in 1968.
He was also the manager of Dover FC for approx 6 years and he then moved to Maidstone United.
Terry passed away in 1994.
