Dennis Rampling | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 November 1923[1] Gainsborough, England |
| Died |
14 September 2015 (aged 91)[2] Surrey, England |
Dennis William Rampling (25 November 1923 – 14 September 2015) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League for Fulham, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and Brentford.
Playing career[]
An outside right, Rampling began his career with Fulham during the Second World War and signed in November 1942.[3] After the war, he made just four competitive appearances, scoring one goal, before transferring to Third Division South high-flyers Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in July 1948.[1][3] Rampling made 24 league appearances and scored four goals during his single season at Dean Court and joined Second Division club Brentford in May 1949.[1][3] He made his debut on the opening day of the 1949–50 season against Tottenham Hotspur,[4] but failed to make another appearance for the club before departing in April 1950.[3] After his release from Brentford, Rampling dropped into non-League football and had spells with Weymouth and Ashford Town.[3][5]
Personal life[]
Rampling was called into the RAF in March 1946 and served as a PT instructor.[6]
Career statistics[]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brentford | 1949–50[4] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 1 | 0 | |
| Ashford Town | 1951–52[7] | Kent League | 28 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| 1952–53[7] | Kent League | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| Total | 30 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 50 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 31 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 3 | ||
- ↑ 5 appearances in Kent League, 1 appearance in Kent Senior Cup
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "D". Barry Hugman's Footballers. http://hugmansfootballers.com/player/16312. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ↑ "Mr Dennis William Rampling in the England and Wales, Death Index, 1989–2018". https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60630&h=1661338&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=OzZ7021&_phstart=success.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 130. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 White, Eric, ed (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 380. ISBN 0951526200.
- ↑ "Player Archive" (in en-GB). The Terras. http://theterras.com/index.php/weymouth-football-club-archive/player-archive/.
- ↑ "Fulham and the Second World War Part 4 – Season 1945/46". https://www.wlv.ac.uk/research/research-centres/centre-for-historical-research/football-and-war-network/football-and-war-blog/2020/fulham-and-the-second-world-war-part-4--season-194546/.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Dennis Rampling Player Profile". http://www.nutsandboltsarchive.co.uk/player-Profile.php?ID=1071.
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