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.[1] After his retirement as a player, he managed Corinthian-Casuals and Tooting & Mitcham United.[2]

Doug Flack
Personal information
Full name Douglas Billy Halbert Flack[1]
Date of birth 24 October 1920
Place of birth Staines-upon-Thames, England
Date of death 18 October 2005(2005-10-18) (aged 84)[1]
Place of death Purley, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–1935 Corinthian
1935–1938 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1938–1953 Fulham 54 (0)
1953–1954 Walsall 11 (0)
Managerial career
Corinthian-Casuals
1966–1971 Tooting & Mitcham United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

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Flack attended Spring Grove Grammar School.[3] He served in India with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.[2]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fulham 1948–49[4] Second Division 29 0 1 0 30 0
1949–50[4] First Division 17 0 0 0 17 0
1951–52[4] 3 0 0 0 3 0
1952–53[4] Second Division 5 0 0 0 5 0
Career total 54 0 1 0 55 0

Honours

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Fulham

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Doug Flack". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b Kaufman, Neilson. "VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020" (PDF). pp. 41–42. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  3. ^ Goodwin, Bob (16 August 2017). The Spurs Alphabet. pp. 154–195. ISBN 978-0-9540434-2-1.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Douglas Flack". Fulhamweb. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  5. ^ Fulham F.C. at the Football Club History Database