Stan Duff

Stan Duff
Personal information
Full name Stanley Douglas Duff[1]
Date of birth Q1 1919 (1919)[1]
Place of birth Liverpool, England[1]
Date of death (aged 22)
Place of death United Kingdom
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1934 Earle
1935–1936 Liverpool 0 (0)
1935–1936 Leicester City 0 (0)
1937–1938 Tranmere Rovers 10 (3)
1938 Waterford
1938–1939 Chester 2 (0)
1938–1939 New Brighton 6 (0)
Total 18 (3)
International career
England Amateurs 1
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stanley Douglas Duff (Q1 1919 – 9 September 1941) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Tranmere Rovers, Chester, and New Brighton.[1]

Personal life

Duff served as a leading aircraftman in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War.[3][4] Stationed at No. 5 Observer School, he was killed serving as a wireless operator aboard Bristol Blenheim L8693 when the aircraft crashed in a training accident on 9 September 1941.[3][4][5][6] Duff is buried at the Liverpool Anfield Cemetery.[3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tranmere Rovers 1937–38[1] Third Division North 8 2 1 1 9 3
Chester 1938–39[1] Third Division North 2 0 0 0 2 0
New Brighton 6 0 0 0 6 0
Career total 16 2 2 1 18 3

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Stan Duff at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Leicester need a good centre-forward". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. vii – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c "Casualty Details: Stanley Douglas Duff". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Leading Aircraftman Stanley Douglas DUFF (648587) of the Royal Air Force". RAFCommands. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  5. ^ Rippon, Anton (2011). Gas Masks for Goal Posts: Football in Britain During the Second World War. Cheltenham: The History Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-7524-7188-4.
  6. ^ "Ex-City Footballer Killed". Leicester Mercury. 15 September 1941. p. 1.
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