Doug Flack

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Doug Flack

| fullname = Douglas Billy Halbert Flack{{Hugman|id=6459|accessdate=21 July 2020}}

| birth_date = 24 October 1920

| birth_place = Staines-upon-Thames, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|10|18|1920|10|24|df=y}}

| death_place = Purley, England

| height =

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1935

| youthclubs1 = Corinthian

| youthyears2 = 1935–1938

| youthclubs2 = Fulham

| years1 = 1938–1953

| clubs1 = Fulham

| caps1 = 54

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1953–1954

| clubs2 = Walsall

| caps2 = 11

| goals2 = 0

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 = Corinthian-Casuals

| manageryears2 = 1966–1971

| managerclubs2 = Tooting & Mitcham United

}}

Douglas Billy Halbert Flack (24 October 1920 – 18 October 2005) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Fulham and Walsall as a goalkeeper. After his retirement as a player, he managed Corinthian-Casuals and Tooting & Mitcham United.{{Cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Neilson |title=VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020 |url=https://www.leytonorient.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VE-DAY-WW2-players-as-at-May-2020.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=18 July 2020 |pages=41–42|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609183620/https://www.leytonorient.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VE-DAY-WW2-players-as-at-May-2020.pdf |archive-date=9 June 2020 }}

Personal life

Flack attended Spring Grove Grammar School.{{Cite book |last=Goodwin |first=Bob |title=The Spurs Alphabet |date=16 August 2017 |isbn=978-0-9540434-2-1 |pages=154–195 |language=en}} He served in India with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |FA Cup

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="4" |Fulham

|1948–49{{Cite web |title=Douglas Flack |url=http://www.fulhamweb.co.uk/player/281/douglas-flack.aspx |access-date=21 July 2020 |website=Fulhamweb}}

|Second Division

|29

|0

|1

|0

|30

|0

1949–50

| rowspan="2" |First Division

|17

|0

|0

|0

|17

|0

1951–52

|3

|0

|0

|0

|3

|0

1952–53

|Second Division

|5

|0

|0

|0

|5

|0

colspan="3" |Career total

!54

!0

!1

!0

!55

!0

Honours

Fulham

References