Stanley Docking
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stanley Holbrook Docking[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 13 December 1914||
Place of birth | Chopwell, England[2] | ||
Date of death | 27 May 1940[1] | (aged 25)||
Place of death | Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England[3] | ||
Position(s) | Inside-left[2] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1933 | Birtley | ||
1934–1938 | Newcastle United | 21 | (3) |
1938–1939 | Tranmere Rovers | 31 | (7) |
Hartlepool United | |||
Total | 52 | (10) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Stanley Holbrook Docking (13 December 1914 – 27 May 1940) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside-left in the Football League for Newcastle United and Tranmere Rovers.[2][4]
Personal life
Docking served as an Aircraftman 2nd Class in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War.[1] He died of apparent disinfectant poisoning at Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 27 May 1940.[3] Docking was buried at Whitley Bay (Hartley South) Cemetery.[1]
Career statistics
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Newcastle United | 1934–35 | Second Division[5] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1936–37 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
1937–38 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
Newcastle United career total | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | ||
Tranmere Rovers | 1938–39 | Second Division[6] | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 7 |
Career total | 52 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 10 |
References
- ^ a b c d "Casualty Details: Stanley Holbrook Docking". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Stanley Docking". Toon1892. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Tragic Death of Former United Player". Newcastle Evening Chronicle. No. 19994. 27 May 1940. p. 5.
- ^ "Docking Stan Image 1 Newcastle United 1937". VintageFootballers. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "Stan Docking". 11v11. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ Stan Docking at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 1940 deaths
- Footballers from County Durham
- Association football inside forwards
- English footballers
- Birtley F.C. players
- Newcastle United F.C. players
- Tranmere Rovers F.C. players
- Hartlepool United F.C. wartime guest players
- Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
- British military personnel killed in World War II
- Deaths by poisoning
- Accidental deaths in England
- English football forward, 1910s birth stubs