Dan Potts (footballer)
Daniel Potts (born 13 April 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back or centre-back for club Luton Town. He was capped by the United States under-20 team and the England under-18, under-19 and under-20 teams. Club career West Ham United Born in Barking, Greater London, Potts joined West Ham United aged nine and signed as a scholar in May 2010. He made his reserve team debut away to Wolverhampton Wanderers on 27 April 2011, and his senior debut on 17 December in a 1–0 victory at home to Barnsley, just one day after signing a two-and-a-half-year professional contract with the club. He received the Young Hammer of the Year award in May 2012 after making four appearances in 2011–12, in which West Ham were promoted back to the Premier League after a 2–1 win over Blackpool in the 2012 Championship play-off final at Wembley Stadium. Potts joined League One club Colchester United on 22 November 2012 on a one-month loan. He made his debut a day later in a 5–1 defeat away to Milton Keynes Dons. The loan was extended on 21 December for a further month. Potts was recalled from his loan by West Ham