John Franklin (footballer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English footballer
Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1924
Place of Birth: Stockton-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001
Profession: association football player
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About John Franklin (footballer)
- John Leonard Franklin (27 November 1924 – q3 2005) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Darlington. Franklin was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, and signed for Middlesbrough during the Second World War, but only played for them in the wartime competitions.
- He joined Southern League club Bath City in 1946, and, playing at inside right, scored on his debut in the opening match of the season, a 4–3 defeat at home to Gillingham.
- In 1947, he signed for Darlington, for whom he scored three goals from eight appearances in the Third Division North, one of which came from what the West Hartlepool-based Northern Daily Mail called "an apparently offside position" to settle the match against local rivals Hartlepools United in Darlington's favour.
- He went on to play non-league football for Stockton.
- Franklin died in Stockton in 2005 at the age of 80.
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