{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Dennis Rampling | image = | caption = | fullname = Dennis William Rampling<ref name="Hugman">{{Hugman|16312|accessdate=26 August 2016}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date|1923|11|25|df=y}}<ref name="Hugman" /> | birth_place = Gainsborough, England | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|9|14|1923|11|25|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mr Dennis William Rampling in the England and Wales, Death Index, 1989–2018 |url=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60630&h=1661338&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=OzZ7021&_phstart=success |access-date=20 December 2023 |website=Ancestry}}</ref> | death_place = Surrey, England | height = | position = Outside right | years1 = 1942–1948 | clubs1 = Fulham | caps1 = 2 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1946–1947 | clubs2 = → Worcester City (loan) | caps2 = 3 | goals2 = | years3 = 1948–1949 | clubs3 = Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | caps3 = 24 | goals3 = 4 | years4 = 1949–1950 | clubs4 = Brentford | caps4 = 1 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1950–1951 | clubs5 = Weymouth | caps5 = 5 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 1951–1952 | clubs6 = Ashford Town (Kent) | caps6 = 30 | goals6 = 3 | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1942 | youthclubs1 = Napier & Sons }} '''Dennis William Rampling''' (25 November 1923 – 14 September 2015) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League for Fulham, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and Brentford.

== Playing career == An outside right, Rampling began his career with Fulham during the Second World War and signed in November 1942.<ref name="Timeless">{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914 |location=Harefield |page=130}}</ref> After the war, he made just four competitive appearances, scoring one goal, before transferring to Third Division South high-flyers Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in July 1948.<ref name="Hugman" /><ref name="Timeless" /> Rampling made 24 league appearances and scored four goals during his single season at Dean Court and joined Second Division club Brentford in May 1949.<ref name="Hugman" /><ref name="Timeless" /> He made his debut on the opening day of the 1949–50 season against Tottenham Hotspur,<ref name="White">{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |page=380}}</ref> but failed to make another appearance for the club before departing in April 1950.<ref name="Timeless" /> After his release from Brentford, Rampling dropped into non-League football and had spells with Weymouth and Ashford Town.<ref name="Timeless" /><ref>{{Cite news |title=Player Archive |language=en-GB |work=The Terras |url=http://theterras.com/index.php/weymouth-football-club-archive/player-archive/ |access-date=24 January 2018}}</ref>

== Personal life == Rampling was called into the RAF in March 1946 and served as a PT instructor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fulham and the Second World War Part 4 – Season 1945/46 |url=https://www.wlv.ac.uk/research/research-centres/centre-for-historical-research/football-and-war-network/football-and-war-blog/2020/fulham-and-the-second-world-war-part-4--season-194546/ |access-date=20 December 2023 |website=University of Wolverhampton}}</ref>

== Career statistics == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |FA Cup ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |Brentford |1949–50<ref name="White" /> |Second Division |1 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |― |1 |0 |- | rowspan="3" |Ashford Town |1951–52<ref name="AshfordStats">{{Cite web |title=Dennis Rampling Player Profile |url=http://www.nutsandboltsarchive.co.uk/player-Profile.php?ID=1071 |access-date=14 March 2022 |website=Nuts and Bolts Archive}}</ref> |Kent League |28 |2 |6 |0 |6<ref group="lower-alpha">5 appearances in Kent League, 1 appearance in Kent Senior Cup</ref> |0 |40 |2 |- |1952–53<ref name="AshfordStats" /> |Kent League |8 |1 |2 |0 |0 |0 |10 |1 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !30 !3 !8 !0 !6 !0 !50 !3 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !31 !0 !8 !0 !6 !0 !51 !3 |} <references group="lower-alpha" />

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