Alec Stock
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alec William Alfred Stock | ||
| Date of birth | 30 March 1917 | ||
| Place of birth | Peasedown St John, England | ||
| Date of death | 16 April 2001 (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | Wimborne Minster, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1936–1938 | Charlton Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| 1938–1939 | Queens Park Rangers | 30 | (0) |
| 1946–1949 | Yeovil Town | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1946–1949 | Yeovil Town | ||
| 1949–1959 | Leyton Orient | ||
| 1957 |
A.S. Roma | ||
| 1959–1968 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| 1968–1972 | Luton Town | ||
| 1972–1976 | Fulham | ||
| 1978 | Queens Park Rangers (caretaker manager) | ||
| 1979–1980 | AFC Bournemouth | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alec William Alfred Stock (30 March 1917 – 16 April 2001) was an English
Career
Alec Stock was born in
He came to prominence as the player/manager of
It was perhaps Stock's time as manager of Queens Park Rangers where he is most fondly remembered. It was during his spell in the 1960s that coincided with the development of the club with chairman
With internal pressures mounting in the club following the 1967–68 season however, Stock was absent for three months, suffering from asthma.
Ron Manager, a character in BBC comedy sketch show The Fast Show is based on Stock, told by George Best in his autobiography. This was also confirmed by comedy actor Paul Whitehouse, who played Ron Manager, in the documentary, Suits You Sir - The Inside Leg Of The Fast Show.[5][6]
Managerial statistics
| Team | From | To | Record[7] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
| Yeovil Town | February 1946 | September 1949 | 153 | 80 | 32 | 41 | 52.29 | |||
| Leyton Orient | September 1949 | June 1959 | 464 | 181 | 95 | 188 | 39.01 | |||
Roma
|
August 1957 | November 1957 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 36.36[8] | |||
| Queens Park Rangers | June 1959 | August 1968 | 459 | 219 | 106 | 134 | 47.71 | |||
| Luton Town | August 1968 | June 1972 | 178 | 75 | 57 | 46 | 42.13 | |||
| Fulham | July 1972 | July 1976 | 220 | 75 | 73 | 72 | 34.09 | |||
| Queens Park Rangers (caretaker) | July 1978 | August 1978[9][10] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |||
| AFC Bournemouth | January 1979 | December 1980 | 99 | 30 | 31 | 38 | 30.30 | |||
| Total | 1,584 | 664 | 400 | 520 | 41.92 | |||||
References
- ^ "History". QPR. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ Moore, Tom (28 February 2017). "QPR icon reflects on League Cup triumph and where they'd be today". MyLondon. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ Glanville, Brian (18 April 2001). "Alec Stock Obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
- ^ "Alec Stock R.I.P." Queens Park Rangers FC. Archived from the original on 25 October 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
- ^ "Call yourself a football fan? – Paul Whitehouse". www.wsc.co.uk. 14 December 1999. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ Simpson, Paul (1 March 2019). "Decline and Fall". The Blizzard. p. 39. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "Managers - Alec Stock". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "ALEC STOCK: THE LAST ENGLISH MANAGER OF THE GIALLOROSSI". AS Roma. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "Manager Profiles - Queens Park Rangers". League Managers Association. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "A POTTED HISTORY OF QPR (1882-2009)". QPR.co.uk. 9 April 2009. Archived from the original on 24 May 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2023.