looking for info on Ron Brett who had 2 spells with Palace 1955 to 1962, doing my family history and Ron was a cousin of mine, toby65.

I remember him playing. He was a tall dark handsome looking man (a family trait?) with a languid style of playing. He often played on the right wing where he looked out of place due to his height and lack of pace.

I am sure you will know that he returned to Palace as a makeweight part of the Johnny Byrne deal in March 1962. On his return he scored one goal in eight games before suffering an untimely demise about 6 months later, a few days before his 25th birthday. I believe he was involved in a car crash.

Great shame.

lo Selhurst silva felix, lo Selhurst cara nutrix, viget, vigeat, vigebit! Best team:- Jackson; Gilbert, Evans, Cannon, Sansom; Hughes, Kember, McNichol; Byrne, Holton, Wright.

I remember that very well and he had a hard act to follow,coming in as make weight,when Johnny Byrne left,he was a really decent guy though and his death was a terrible shock.

........................Then along came Johnny Byrne! and the rest, as they say, is history.....................

He has his own Wiki page which also has a link to a West Ham stats page that gives his full career with them. Must admit I didn't know he started at Palace and went to West Ham first off.

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The crowd is outstanding, and especially with the penalty after 44 minutes it was clear when we came out after half-time the welcome would be pretty loud and not too friendly. Crystal Palace wanted to strike back, so that was all clear. This is a wonderful place to play football - Jurgen Klopp

Thanks i have seen Ron's profile on the site,it's a bit of an ask but does anyone have the list of opponents he played against and the teams he scored against,also looking for any pictures of him during hs playing career, thanks again toby65

He played 50 games in all and scored 13 goals. It's a bit difficult to list them all on here but when I get a chance I can give you a list of the games in which he scored. He appeared to like playing against QPR!

His full record is shown in Crystal Palace - A complete record by Mike Purkiss with Nigel Sands. It's for sale on Amazon but is not cheap. Also Nigel wrote a book 'Crystal Palace The A-Z' which contains a photo of Ron.

lo Selhurst silva felix, lo Selhurst cara nutrix, viget, vigeat, vigebit! Best team:- Jackson; Gilbert, Evans, Cannon, Sansom; Hughes, Kember, McNichol; Byrne, Holton, Wright.