Irvine Boocock
Personal information
Full name Irvine Boocock[1]
Date of birth 27 February 1890
Place of birth Cleckheaton, England
Date of death 17 November 1941(1941-11-17) (aged 51)[1]
Place of death Heckmondwike, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1910 Sunfield Rovers
1910–1922 Bradford City 169 (1)
1922–1923 Darlington 13 (0)
Total 182 (1)
International career
1914 Football League XI 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Irvine Boocock (27 February 1890 – 17 November 1941) was an English professional footballer who made over 160 appearances in the Football League for Bradford City as a left back.[1][3] He represented the Football League XI.[4]

Sporting career

Born in Cleckheaton, Boocock began his football career with non-League club Sunfield Rovers,[1] before joining First Division club Bradford City in March 1910.[3] Either side of the First World War, Boocock made 184 appearances and scored one goal for the Bantams.[3] He finished his career with a short spell at Third Division North club Darlington, whom he joined in June 1922.[5]

Boocock also played cricket for hometown club Cleckheaton between 1909 and 1932 and later served the club as groundsman and bar steward.[6] He also played for Moorend and Eccleshill.[6]

Personal life

Boocock served as a corporal in the West Yorkshire Regiment during the First World War.[7] He served in five different battalions, including the Leeds Rifles and a Bradford Pals battalion.[7][8] He fell off a bicycle in 1941 and died of his injuries.[9]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bradford City 1914–15[10] First Division 30 0 5 0 35 0
Total 169 1 15 0 184 1
Darlington 1922–23[5] Third Division North 13 0 2 0 15 0
Career total 182 1 17 0 199 1

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 31. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ↑ Stapler (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Bradford City". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
  3. 1 2 3 Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City: A Complete Record 1903-1988. Breedon Books Sport. pp. 379, 392. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.
  4. ↑ "Football - 1914 1915 Inter-League Match - English Football League XI 2 Irish Football League XI 1". Imago. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  5. 1 2 Tweddle, Frank (2000). The Definitive Darlington F.C.: A Statistical History. Tony Brown. ISBN 9781899468157.
  6. 1 2 "History of Cleckheaton". Bradford Premier Cricket League. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Irvine Boocock | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  8. ↑ Raw, David (15 June 2006). Bradford Pals. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-4738-1263-5.
  9. ↑ "News in Brief". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 18 November 1941. p. 10. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Bradford City Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
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