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
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|+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 |
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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}} |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
References
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Category:Clapton Orient F.C. wartime guest players
Category:English Football League players
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. wartime guest players
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Sportspeople from Staines-upon-Thames
Category:Corinthian F.C. players
Category:Military personnel from Surrey
Category:Corinthian-Casuals F.C. managers
Category:Tooting & Mitcham United F.C. managers
Category:Isthmian League managers
Category:English football managers
Category:Royal Air Force personnel of World War II
Category:West Ham United F.C. wartime guest players
Category:Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. wartime guest players
Category:Portsmouth F.C. wartime guest players
Category:Reading F.C. wartime guest players
Category:Chelmsford City F.C. wartime guest players
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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