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Gordon Hocking Personal information Full name Gordon Hocking Date of birth 12 August 1919 Original team Chelsea Height/Weight 178 cm / 81 kg Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 1938-41, 1943-52 Collingwood 171 (78) 1 Playing statistics to end of 1952 season .Gordon Hocking (born 12 August 1919) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the VFL.
Hocking was primarily a knock ruckman but could also play most positions around the ground. He made his debut at Collingwood in 1938 and was a losing Grand Finalist in his first two seasons. In 1950 he was appointed club captain and he remained in the role the following year, leading Collingwood to a Preliminary Final which they lost to Essendon by just two points. He was a regular interstate representative for Victoria and starred at the 1950 Brisbane Carnival. That year he was named as a half back flanker in the 'Sporting Life' Team of the Year.
References
- Gordon Hocking's statistics from AFL Tables
- Full Points Footy profile of Gordon Hocking
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
Captains of the Collingwood Football Club 1897: Strickland • 1898: Proudfoot • 1899: Proudfoot/Condon • 1900: Condon • 1901: Proudfoot • 1902–1904: Tulloch • 1905: Pannam • 1906: Dummett/Leach • 1907: Leach • 1908: Leach/Drohan/Nash • 1909: Nash • 1910–1911: Angus • 1912–1913: McHale • 1914–1916: Minogue • 1917–1918: Wilson • 1919: McCarthy • 1920–1921: Lee • 1922: Drummond • 1923: Curtis • 1924–1926: Tyson • 1927–1934: Coventry • 1935–1939: Collier • 1940–1941: Regan • 1942: Kyne • 1943: Regan • 1944: Fricker • 1945: Pannam • 1946–1949: Kyne • 1950–1951: Hocking • 1952–1955: Richards • 1955–1966: Mann • 1957: Twomey • 1958–1959: Tuck • 1960–1963: Weideman • 1964: Gabelich • 1965: Gabelich/Henderson • 1966–1969: Tuddenham • 1970: Water • 1971: Waters/W. Richardson • 1972–1975: W. Richardson • 1976: Tuddenham • 1977: M. Richardson • 1978: Thompson • 1979–1980: R. Shaw • 1981–1982: Moore • 1983–1986: Williams • 1987–1993: T. Shaw • 1994–1998: Brown • 1999–2007: Buckley • 2008: Burns • 2009–: MaxwellCategories:- 1919 births
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria
- Collingwood Football Club players
- Living people
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