Stan Duff

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]

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
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

Personal life

Duff served as a leading aircraftman in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War.[2][3] 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.[2][3][4][5] Duff is buried at the Liverpool Anfield Cemetery.[2]

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. Stan Duff at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. "Casualty Details: Stanley Douglas Duff". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  3. "Leading Aircraftman Stanley Douglas DUFF (648587) of the Royal Air Force". RAFCommands. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  4. 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.
  5. "Ex-City Footballer Killed". Leicester Mercury. 15 September 1941. p. 1.
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