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John Franklin
Personal information
Full name John Leonard Franklin [1]
Date of birth (1924-11-27)27 November 1924 [2]
Place of birth Stockton, County Durham, England
Date of death q3 2005 (aged 79) [1]
Place of death

Sedgefield,

Stockton, County Durham, England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
1943–194? Middlesbrough 0 (0)
1946–1947 Bath City
1947–1948 Darlington 8 (3)
– 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  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.
  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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