Reg Stockill

Reg Stockill

Personal information
Full name	Reginald Robert Stockill
Date of birth	24 November 1913
Place of birth	York, England
Date of death	1995
Playing position	Inside Right, Striker, Inside Left
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1929-1930	York City	2	(1)
	Scarborough	?	(?)
1931-1932	Arsenal	7	(4)
1934-1938	Derby County	66	(29)
1939	Luton Town	3	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Reginald Robert "Reg" Stockill (24 November 1913 in York, England – 1995) was an English footballer.

Stockill started his career with York City, and became the club's youngest-ever first-team player when he made his debut aged 15 years and 281 days, in a Third Division North game against Wigan Borough on 29 August 1929; he also scored, making him possibly the youngest person to ever score in a Football League match. Stockill only played one more match for York City and eventually moved to non-league Scarborough for a season, before being snapped up by Arsenal in 1931, while still six months shy of his eighteenth birthday.

Stockill made his debut against Huddersfield Town on 27 April 1932 and played the last three games of 1931-32 and the first two of 1932-33, scoring in both, before being displaced by Ernie Coleman. He only played two more games for Arsenal, his final appearance coming as they beat Blackburn Rovers 8-0, in which Stockill scored. After spending all of the 1933-34 season in the reserves he moved to Derby County in September 1934. In total he played 8 games for Arsenal, scoring 4 goals.

At Derby, a serious knee injury incurred in a match on 26 December 1934 kept him out of the game for fifteen months, which severely hampered his career. After five seasons and just 66 league appearances at Derby, he left for Luton Town in 1939. The outbreak of World War II ended his football playing career.

References

• Harris, Jeff & Hogg, Tony (ed.) (1995). Arsenal Who's Who. Independent UK Sports. ISBN 1-899429-03-4.