| Maurice Wellock | |
| Fullname: | Maurice Wellock |
| Birth Place: | Bradford, Yorkshire, England |
| Position: | Centre forward, wing half |
| Youthclubs1: | Bradford City |
| Clubs1: | Bradford City |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1919–1923 |
| Clubs2: | Halifax Town |
| Caps2: | 33 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 1923–1927 |
| Clubs3: | Blackpool |
| Caps3: | 27 |
| Goals3: | 7 |
| Years4: | 1927 |
| Clubs4: | Oldham Athletic |
| Caps4: | 5 |
| Goals4: | 6 |
| Years5: | 1927–1928 |
| Clubs5: | Torquay United |
| Caps5: | 27 |
| Goals5: | 3 |
| Years6: | 1928–1929 |
| Clubs6: | Peterborough & Fletton United |
| Years7: | 1929–1932 |
| Clubs7: | Darlington |
| Caps7: | 104 |
| Goals7: | 71 |
| Years8: | 1932–1934 |
| Clubs8: | Halifax Town |
| Caps8: | 82 |
| Goals8: | 21 |
Maurice Wellock (15 June 1902 – 1967) was an English professional footballer who scored 111 goals from 278 appearances in the Football League.
Wellock was born in Bradford, Yorkshire,[1] where he attended Drummond Road School. In 1916, he became the first Bradford boy to be capped for England in a schoolboy international.[2] He began his senior career with hometown club Bradford City.[1] He played for their first team in the wartime leagues at the age of fifteen,[3] but never appeared once the Football League resumed after the war.[1]
He had joined Halifax Town by 1919,[4] and made his league debut in the 1921–22 season. He scored three times in 33 games for Halifax before moving to Blackpool in 1923. He was not a regular in the Blackpool side, playing 27 league games in which he scored seven times,[1] and moved to Oldham Athletic in February 1927,[5] scoring six goals in just five league games,[1] including four on his debut in a 5–2 win away to Grimsby Town.[6]
In June 1927, he joined newly promoted Torquay United, playing in Torquay's first ever game in the Football League, a 1–1 draw at home to local rivals Exeter City on 27 August 1927.[7] He spent just one season with Torquay, scoring three times in 27 games before joining Southern League club Peterborough & Fletton United.[1]
In 1929, he returned to the Football League with Darlington where he played regularly as a centre-forward, having played mainly as a defender with Torquay. He scored 71 goals, including five in one game against Rotherham United in 1930,[8] in 104 league games for Darlington, finishing his career with a further 21 goals in 82 league games for Halifax Town.[1]