Gordon Hocking

Gordon Hocking
Personal information
Full name	Gordon Charles Hocking
Date of birth	12 August 1919
Date of death
Original team(s)	Chelsea
Height/Weight	178 cm / 81 kg
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1938-1952	Collingwood	171 (78)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1952 season.

Gordon Charles Hocking (12 August 1919 – 24 March 1986) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Hocking was primarily a knock ruckman but could also play most positions around the ground. He made his debut at Collingwood in the 1938 VFL season 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 two points. Hocking 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.

Hocking retired during the 1952 VFL season, the last remaining pre-World War II VFL player.

Sources

• Holmesby, R. and Main, J. (2007) The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers, 7th ed, Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
• Piesse, K. (2011) Great Australian Football Stories, The File Mile Press: Scoresby, Victoria. ISBN 9781743467572.

External links

• Gordon Hocking's statistics from AFL Tables
• Gordon Hocking's profile from AustralianFootball.com