Dennis Rampling

Dennis William Rampling (25 November 1923 – 14 September 2015) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League for Fulham, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and Brentford.

Dennis Rampling

Personal information
Full name	Dennis William Rampling[1]
Date of birth	(1923-11-25)25 November 1923[1]
Place of birth	Gainsborough, England
Date of death	14 September 2015(2015-09-14) (aged 91)[2]
Place of death	Surrey, England
Position(s)	Outside right
Youth career
0000–1942	Napier & Sons
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1942–1948	Fulham	2	(0)
1946–1947	→ Worcester City (loan)	3
1948–1949	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	24	(4)
1949–1950	Brentford	1	(0)
1950–1951	Weymouth	5	(0)
1951–1952	Ashford Town (Kent)	30	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

An outside right, Rampling began his career with Fulham during the Second World War and signed in November 1942.^[3] After the war, he made just four competitive appearances, scoring one goal, before transferring to Third Division South high-flyers Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in July 1948.^[1][3] Rampling made 24 league appearances and scored four goals during his single season at Dean Court and joined Second Division club Brentford in May 1949.^[1][3] He made his debut on the opening day of the 1949–50 season against Tottenham Hotspur,^[4] but failed to make another appearance for the club before departing in April 1950.^[3] After his release from Brentford, Rampling dropped into non-League football and had spells with Weymouth and Ashford Town.^[3][5]

Personal life

Rampling was called into the RAF in March 1946 and served as a PT instructor.^[6]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brentford	1949–50[4]	Second Division	1	0	0	0	―		1	0
Ashford Town	1951–52[7]	Kent League	28	2	6	0	6[a]	0	40	2
	1952–53[7]	Kent League	8	1	2	0	0	0	10	1
	Total		30	3	8	0	6	0	50	3
Career total			31	0	8	0	6	0	51	3

1. 5 appearances in Kent League, 1 appearance in Kent Senior Cup