{{Short description|English footballer (1940–2019)}} {{EngvarB|date=July 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Dennis Sorrell | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Dennis James Sorrell<ref name="Hugmans">{{Hugman|18517|accessdate=4 April 2019}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date|1940|10|7|df=y}}<ref name="Hugmans"/> | birth_place = Lambeth, England | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|11|10|1940|10|7|df=y}} | height = | position = Left-half | years1 = {{0|0000}}–1957 | clubs1 = Woodford Town | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1957–1962 | clubs2 = Leyton Orient | caps2 = 37 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 1962–1964 | clubs3 = Chelsea | caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 1964–1967 | clubs4 = Leyton Orient | caps4 = 74 | goals4 = 3 | years5 = 1967– | clubs5 = Romford | caps5 = | goals5 = | totalcaps = 114 | totalgoals = 4 }} '''Dennis James Sorrell''' (7 October 1940 – 10 November 2019) was an English professional footballer who played as a left-half in the Football League for Leyton Orient and Chelsea. He also played for a number of teams in non-League football, most notably Romford.
He was the uncle of former Maidstone United, Colchester United and Barnet footballer Tony Sorrell.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romfordfc.com/teams/79720/player/tony-sorrell-839488|title=profile|publisher=Romford F.C.|accessdate = 4 April 2019|date=19 August 2012}}</ref>
Sorrell died on 10 November 2019, aged 79, following a long battle with illness.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leytonorient.com/2019/11/12/rip-dennis-sorrell/|title=RIP: DENNIS SORRELL|publisher=Leyton Orient F.C.|accessdate = 12 November 2019|date=12 November 2019}}</ref>
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