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Dennis Rampling
Personal information
Full name Dennis William Rampling[1]
Date of birth (1923-11-25)25 November 1923[1]
Place of birth Gainsborough, England
Date of death 14 September 2015(2015-09-14) (aged 91)[2]
Place of death Surrey, England
Position(s) Outside right
Youth career
0000–1942 Napier & Sons
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1942–1948 Fulham 2 (0)
1946–1947Worcester City (loan) 3
1948–1949 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 24 (4)
1949–1950 Brentford 1 (0)
1950–1951 Weymouth 5 (0)
1951–1952 Ashford Town (Kent) 30 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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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

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Rampling was called into the RAF in March 1946 and served as a PT instructor.[6]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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[a] 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
  1. ^ 5 appearances in Kent League, 1 appearance in Kent Senior Cup

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Dennis Rampling". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Mr Dennis William Rampling in the England and Wales, Death Index, 1989–2018". Ancestry. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 130. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  4. ^ a b White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 380. ISBN 0951526200.
  5. ^ "Player Archive". The Terras. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Fulham and the Second World War Part 4 – Season 1945/46". University of Wolverhampton. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Dennis Rampling Player Profile". Nuts and Bolts Archive. Retrieved 14 March 2022.