# Malcolm Pyke

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**Malcolm Pyke** (6 March 1938 – 13 February 2020) was an English [footballer](/source/Association_football) who played as a [wing half](/source/Wing_half) in the [Football League](/source/Football_League) for [West Ham United](/source/West_Ham_United_F.C.) and [Crystal Palace](/source/Crystal_Palace_F.C.). He later played for [Dartford](/source/Dartford_F.C.).

## Playing career

Born in [Eltham](/source/Eltham), London, Pyke played for Woolwich, Kent and London as a schoolboy. He played for UGB Pantiles, a club based in [Blackheath](/source/Blackheath,_London) which was associated with the [United Glass Bottle](/source/United_Glass_Bottle_Manufacturers) company, during the [1953–54 season](/source/1953%E2%80%9354_in_English_football).[1]

He joined West Ham United as part of the ground staff in 1953 and progressed as a youth team player. He signed professional forms in March 1955.[1] He made his first team debut on 22 April 1957 in a 3–1 home win against [Bristol City](/source/Bristol_City_F.C.), and he kept in place for the following match, a 1–0 away defeat to [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool_F.C.).[2]

Pyke was a member of [Ted Fenton](/source/Ted_Fenton)'s side which won the [1957–58 Second Division](/source/1957%E2%80%9358_in_English_football#Second_Division). He was drafted into the team after [Malcolm Allison](/source/Malcolm_Allison) contracted tuberculosis in September 1957, playing alongside [Ken Brown](/source/Ken_Brown_(footballer)) and sharing the number 6 shirt with [Bill Lansdowne](/source/Bill_Lansdowne). His run in the team included an [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup) third-round match against a [Blackpool](/source/Blackpool_F.C.) side which featured [Stanley Matthews](/source/Stanley_Matthews), with Pyke setting up a goal for [John Dick](/source/John_Dick_(footballer,_born_1930)) in a 5–1 win.[3] He made 21 competitive appearances that season, including 15 in the League.[2]

He did not make any appearances the following season as West Ham returned to the [1958–59 First Division](/source/1958%E2%80%9359_in_English_football#First_Division).[4] He totalled 24 appearances[a] for "The Hammers" before moving to Crystal Palace on 9 June 1959[5] in exchange for [Ron Brett](/source/Ron_Brett).[6] His Palace career was even shorter and amounted to only two games before he moved to [Dartford](/source/Dartford_F.C.), in June 1960.[5][7]

## After football

When his football career ended Pyke became the landlord of the Papermakers Arms [pub](/source/Public_house) in [Dartford](/source/Dartford), [Kent](/source/Kent).[4] He died on 13 February 2020, aged 81.[1]

## Notes

1. 17 in the Second Division, 3 in the [Southern Floodlight Cup](/source/Southern_Floodlight_Cup), 2 in the [Essex Professional Cup](/source/Essex_Professional_Cup), and 2 in the FA Cup.[2]

## References

1. Marsh, Steve. ["Malcolm Pyke ... (1957 - 1958)"](http://theyflysohigh.co.uk/autographs-ted-fenton-2/4558111373). *theyflysohigh*. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

1. ["Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics – Malcolm Pyke"](http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=538&united=Malcolm_Pyke). www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 9 October 2012.

1. ["Malcolm Pyke 1938-2020"](https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2020/february/20-february/malcolm-pyke-1938-2020). West Ham United F.C. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

1. Hogg, Tony (2005). *Who's Who of West Ham United*. Profile Sports Media. p. 169. ISBN 1-899429-01-8.

1. Mike Purkiss & Nigel Sands. *Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989*. p. 338. ISBN 0907969542.

1. ["Palace do a deal with West Ham"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002308/19590619/046/0003). *Norwood News*. 19 June 1959. p. 3. Retrieved 2 March 2020. – via British Newspaper Archive.

1. ["CRYSTAL PALACE : 1946/47 – 2011/12"](http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/crystalpalace/crystalpalace.html). www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 9 October 2012.

## External links

- [Stats at holmesdale.net](https://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=111&player=551)

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