What is Dylan Tombides?
[[File:Dylan Tombides West Ham United.jpg|thumb|Dylan Tombides in May 2011.]] '''Dylan James Tombides''' (8 March 1994 &ndash; 18 April 2014) was an [[Australians|Australian]] [[association football]]er. He played as a [[striker]] for [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] and the [[Australia national under-17 association football team|Australia U17]] and [[Australia national under-23 association football team|Australia U23]] teams. He was born in [[Perth, Western Australia]]. Tombides made his professional debut for West Ham on 25 September 2012 in a 4&ndash;1 home defeat to [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]] in the [[Football League Cup|League Cup]]. He came on as an 84th-minute substitute for [[Gary O'Neil]]. Tombides died from [[testicular cancer]] on 18 April 2014 in [[London]], [[England]]. He was 20.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/young-australian-forward-dylan-tombides-dies-of-cancer-20140419-zqwky.html|title=Young Australian forward Dylan Tombides dies of cancer|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=19 April 2014|accessdate=19 April 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{Soccerbase|59606}} {{Sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tombides, Dylan}} [[Category:1994 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Australian men's soccer players]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in London]] [[Category:Deaths from testicular cancer]] [[Category:Soccer players from Perth, Western Australia]]