John Franklin (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Leonard Franklin[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 27 November 1924[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Stockton, County Durham, England | ||
| Date of death | March,3 ,2005 (aged 79-80[1] | ||
| Place of death |
Sedgefield, Stockton, County Durham, England | ||
| Position | 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 – March,3, 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 on March 3, 2005 at the age of 80.[1]
