| Stanley Docking | |
| Fullname: | Stanley Holbrook Docking[1] |
| Birth Date: | 13 December 1914[2] |
| Birth Place: | Chopwell, England |
| Death Place: | Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England[3] |
| Position: | Inside-left |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in[4] |
| Years1: | 1933 |
| Clubs1: | Birtley |
| Years2: | 1934–1938 |
| Clubs2: | Newcastle United |
| Caps2: | 21 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 1938–1939 |
| Clubs3: | Tranmere Rovers |
| Caps3: | 31 |
| Goals3: | 7 |
| Clubs4: | Hartlepool United |
| Totalcaps: | 52 |
| Totalgoals: | 10 |
Stanley Holbrook Docking (13 December 1914 – 27 May 1940) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside-left in the Football League for Newcastle United and Tranmere Rovers.[5]
Docking served as an Aircraftman 2nd Class in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War. He died of apparent disinfectant poisoning at Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 27 May 1940. Docking was buried at Whitley Bay (Hartley South) Cemetery.
| Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Newcastle United | 1934–35[6] | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1936–37 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||
| 1937–38 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Newcastle United career total | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | |||
| Tranmere Rovers | 1938–39 | Second Division | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 7 | |
| Career total | 52 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 10 | |||