Vic Horrocks
Personal information
Full name Victor Horrocks[1]
Date of birth 1884[1]
Place of birth Goldenhill, Staffordshire, England[1]
Date of death (1922-01-07)7 January 1922 (aged 37-38)[1]
Place of death Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Burslem Park Boys
Goldenhill Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1904 Stoke 0 (0)
Talke United
Sandyford
Goldenhill United
1905–1907 Burslem Port Vale 33 (2)
Goldenhill United
1908–1911 Stoke 19 (8)
1911–1912 Port Vale 4 (0)
Congleton Town
Total 56+ (10+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Victor Horrocks (1884 – 7 January 1922) was an English footballer who played football in Staffordshire, most notable with Stoke and Port Vale.

Career

Horrocks played for local sides Goldenhill Wanderers, Stoke (without playing a first team game), Talke United, Sandyford and Goldenhill United, before signing with Burslem Port Vale in April 1905.[1] He scored on his debut at outside-left in a 3–1 defeat by Bolton Wanderers at Burnden Park on 15 April.[1] Six days later he scored in a 3–2 win over Gainsborough Trinity at the Athletic Ground, and ended the 1904–05 season with two goals in four Second Division games.[1] He played 19 league and two FA Cup games in the 1905–06 campaign, and featured just ten times in the 1906–07 season as he was affected by injury.[1] The club suffered a financial crisis and went into liquidation in summer 1907, and was forced to release all its players, including Horrocks.[1] He returned to Goldenhill United, before re-joining Stoke. He opened his account for the "Potters" on 10 October 1908, claiming two goals in a 7–0 win over Wellington Town at the Victoria Ground, and went on to score six goals in 19 appearances in the 1908–09 season for the Birmingham & District League side. He featured in just one FA Cup game in the 1909–10 season and played only one Southern League game in the 1910–11 campaign. He scored a hat-trick in his final appearance for Stoke, a 3–0 win over Chesham Town on 5 November 1910. He rejoined Port Vale in September 1911.[1] However, he played just four Central League games before getting released for a second time, most likely in 1912.[1] He moved on to Congleton Town before dying in his late 30s.[1]

Career statistics

Source:[2]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Burslem Port Vale1904–05Second Division42000042
1905–06Second Division1902000210
1906–07Second Division1000000100
Total 3322000352
Stoke1908–09Birmingham & District League1850000185
1909–10Birmingham & District League / Southern League Division Two00100010
1910–11Birmingham & District League / Southern League Division Two13000013
Total 1981000208
Burslem Port Vale1911–12Central League40000040
Career total 561030005910

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 142. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ↑ Vic Horrocks at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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