John Franklin (footballer)

John Franklin
Personal information
Full name	John Leonard Franklin
Date of birth	27 November 1924
Place of birth	Stockton, County Durham, England
Date of death	q3 2005 (aged 79)
Place of death	Sedgefield, Stockton, County Durham, England
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1943–194?	Middlesbrough
1946–1947	Bath City
1947–1948	Darlington
–	Stockton
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Leonard Franklin (27 November 1924 – q3 2005) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Darlington.

Franklin was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, and signed for Middlesbrough during the Second World War, but only played for them in the wartime competitions.^[2]^[3] He joined Southern League club Bath City in 1946,^[4] and, playing at inside right, scored on his debut in the opening match of the season, a 4–3 defeat at home to Gillingham.^[5] In 1947, he signed for Darlington, for whom he scored three goals from eight appearances in the Third Division North,^[2] one of which came from what the West Hartlepool-based Northern Daily Mail called "an apparently offside position" to settle the match against local rivals Hartlepools United in Darlington's favour.^[6] He went on to play non-league football for Stockton.^[7] Franklin died in Stockton in 2005 at the age of 80.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Franklin's death was registered in September 2005. "England & Wales deaths 1837–2007 Transcription". John Leonard Franklin. Birth date: 27 Nov 1924. Death quarter: 3. Death year: 2005. District: Stockton. County: Durham. District number: 3501C. Register number: C22. Entry number: 049. Date of registration mm/yy: 0905. Retrieved 12 December 2014 – via Findmypast.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-85291-585-8.
^ Rollin, Jack (2005). Soccer at War 1939–45. London: Headline. p. 369. ISBN 978-0-7553-1431-7.
^ "Bath management optimistic". Western Daily Press. 26 August 1946. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Bath City fail after good start". Western Daily Press. 2 September 1946. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "'Pools' weakness was in attack". Northern Daily Mail. West Hartlepool. 27 March 1948. p. 7 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 12 December 2014.

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[deathcert-1] Franklin's death was registered in September 2005. "England & Wales deaths 1837–2007 Transcription". John Leonard Franklin. Birth date: 27 Nov 1924. Death quarter: 3. Death year: 2005. District: Stockton. County: Durham. District number: 3501C. Register number: C22. Entry number: 049. Date of registration mm/yy: 0905. Retrieved 12 December 2014 – via Findmypast.

[Hugman-2] Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-85291-585-8.

[3] Rollin, Jack (2005). Soccer at War 1939–45. London: Headline. p. 369. ISBN 978-0-7553-1431-7.

[4] "Bath management optimistic". Western Daily Press. 26 August 1946. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[5] "Bath City fail after good start". Western Daily Press. 2 September 1946. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[6] "'Pools' weakness was in attack". Northern Daily Mail. West Hartlepool. 27 March 1948. p. 7 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[NB-7] "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 12 December 2014.

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