Eric Hampson
Personal information
Full name Eric Hampson[1]
Date of birth (1921-11-11)11 November 1921[1]
Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Summerbank
1940–1952 Stoke City 8 (0)
Stafford Rangers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eric Hampson (born 11 November 1921) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City.[1]

Life and career

Hampson was born in Stoke-on-Trent. He joined Stoke City from local feeder club Summerbank during World War II.[1] He joined the Army in 1944 and returned to Stoke in 1948 where he made just eight appearances in four seasons before leaving for non-league Stafford Rangers.[1]

He retired from professional football in 1954. In 1959, it was reported that Hampson subsequently became a confectioner and tobacconist, and had moved to Bognor with his wife, Ethel.[2]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City[1] 1948–49 First Division 100010
1949–50 First Division 100010
1950–51 First Division 100010
1951–52 First Division 500050
Career Total 800080

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. Bognor Regis Observer, 8 May 1959, pg. 4


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