Bobby Veck

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Bobby Veck
Personal information
Full name Robert Veck
Date of birth (1920-04-01)1 April 1920
Place of birth Titchfield, England
Date of death 14 May 1999(1999-05-14) (aged 79)
Place of death Canterbury, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s)
Outside left
Youth career
1938–1939 Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945–1950 Southampton 23 (2)
1950–1951 Gillingham 36 (12)
1951–1952 Chelmsford City
1952–???? Canterbury City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Veck (1 April 1920 – 14 May 1999) was an English

Second World War
.

Playing career

Southampton

Veck was born in Titchfield, Hampshire and was a member of Southampton's nursery side in 1938, scoring 14 goals in 11 junior League and Cup matches,[1] before the war interrupted his football career.

During the war, he joined the

Egyptian Railways.[1]

Following his

Bill Dodgin was assembling a team to try to gain promotion from the Second Division.[3]

Veck reclaimed the No. 11 shirt at the end of the season, but in

centre forward Charlie Wayman for two matches in April 1949 and again in February 1950, scoring in a 1–1 draw against Coventry City
.

In July 1950, Veck was transferred to Gillingham for £3000.[1] During his four League seasons at The Dell, Veck made 23 League and 4 FA Cup appearances, scoring three goals. In three of those seasons, the "Saints" narrowly missed promotion, finishing third in 1947–48, a feat repeated the following season (despite having an 8-point lead with 8 games to play) whilst in 1949–50 they were to be denied promotion by 0.06 of a goal, missing out on second place to Sheffield United.[4]

Gillingham

At Gillingham, Veck spent

left back, making 36 appearances in the Third Division South
scoring twelve goals, of which five were penalties.

He dropped out of League football in 1951, spending a season with

Kent League, helping them win the Kent Senior Cup in 1954.[1]

References

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  3. ^ Saints – A complete record. pp. 110–111.
  4. ^ Saints – A complete record. pp. 116–117.