1952-53 Stoke City Roster
The Football League First Division (TFL1)
England, Level I
Team Record: 12-20-10 - 34 points
Finishing 21st in TFL1
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, England
1952-53 Stoke City StatisticsEngland, Level I
Team Record: 12-20-10 - 34 points
Finishing 21st in TFL1
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, England
Stoke City of The Football League First Division ended the 1952-53 season with a record of 12 wins, 10 draws and 20 losses for 34 points finishing twenty-first in TFL1.
The team scored 53 goals, worst in the league and yielded 66. Harry Oscroft netted 10 goals for the team, while Frank Mountford, Roy Brown and Sammy Smyth each tallied five or more, too.
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| Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Beckett | March 20, 1928 | Stoke-on-Trent, England | |||
| George Bourne | March 5, 1932 | Burslem, England | |||
| Frank Bowyer | F | April 10, 1922 | Chesterton, England | ||
| Roy Brown | December 20, 1923 | Stoke-on-Trent, England | |||
| Harry Connor | December 23, 1929 | Liverpool, England | |||
| Brian Doyle | July 15, 1930 | Manchester, England | |||
| Frank Elliott | G | July 23, 1929 | Lambeth, England | ||
| Des Farrow | February 11, 1926 | Peterborough, England | |||
| Bill Finney | F | September 5, 1931 | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Dennis Herod | G | October 27, 1923 | Basford, England | ||
| Leslie Johnston | August 16, 1920 | Glasgow, Scotland | |||
| Jock Kirton | M | March 4, 1916 | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||
| John Malkin | F | November 9, 1921 | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Alan Martin | D, F | November 23, 1923 | Smallthorne, England | ||
| Jack McClelland | August 11, 1930 | Colchester, England | |||
| John McCue | D | August 22, 1922 | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Billy McIntosh | F | December 7, 1919 | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Frank Mountford | March 30, 1923 | Askern, England | |||
| George Mountford | F | March 30, 1921 | Kidderminster, England | ||
| Harry Oscroft | F | March 10, 1926 | Mansfield, England | ||
| Bill Robertson | G | March 25, 1923 | 6'3" | Crowthorne, England | |
| John Sellars | M | April 28, 1924 | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Barry Siddall | F | May 2, 1930 | Northwich, England | ||
| Sammy Smyth | F | February 25, 1925 | 5'11" | 161 | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Ken Thomson | February 25, 1930 | Aberdeen, Scotland | |||
| Derrick Ward | December 23, 1934 | Stoke-on-Trent, England | |||
| Don Whiston | April 4, 1930 | Stoke-on-Trent, England |
