# Ken Hardwick

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{{Short description|English footballer (1924–1977)}}
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{{Use British English|date=March 2026}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name                = Ken Hardwick
| image               = 
| caption             = 
| full_name           = Kenneth Hardwick
| birth_date          = {{birth date|df=y|1924|01|06|}}
| birth_place         = [West Auckland](/source/West_Auckland%2C_Durham), England
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1977|06|04|1924|01|06|df=y}}
| death_place         = 
| position            = [Goalkeeper](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football))
| height              = 
| years1 = –1945 | clubs1 = [Rossington Colliery](/source/Rossington_Main_F.C.)
| years2  = 1945–1957 | clubs2 = [Doncaster Rovers](/source/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C.) | caps2 = 308  | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1957–1960 | clubs3 = [Scunthorpe United](/source/Scunthorpe_United_F.C.) | caps3 = 96 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1960 | clubs4 = [Barrow](/source/Barrow_A.F.C.) | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 0
}}

'''Kenneth Hardwick''' (6 January 1924 – 4 June 1977) was an English [footballer](/source/association_football) who played as a [goalkeeper](/source/goalkeeper_(association_football)) for [Doncaster Rovers](/source/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C.), [Scunthorpe United](/source/Scunthorpe_United_F.C.) and [Barrow](/source/Barrow_A.F.C.).

==Career==
Hardwick first played for Rovers during the war, 26 games in total.<ref name=drfc/> From his league debut against [Nottingham Forest](/source/Nottingham_Forest_F.C.) on 26 December 1947,<ref name=drfc/> Hardwick became Rovers first choice keeper. That season Rovers were relegated from The Second Division but in the 1949−50 season they stormed the Third Division North and gained promotion back to League Division 2 where he spent the rest of his time with them.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

With [Harry Gregg](/source/Harry_Gregg) as his understudy for four seasons,<ref name=drfc/> this was a golden period for Doncasters keepers.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

In 1955, at the age of 30, Hardwick was invited to an England Under-23 trial. The FA withdrew the invitation once the error was realised.<ref name=bts/>

After Harry Gregg took over his position at Doncaster, he moved first to Scunthorpe, then ended his playing days at Barrow.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

==References==
{{Reflist|list
<ref name=drfc>{{cite web|title=Ken Hardwick profile|url=http://www.doncasterrovers.co.uk/players/GtoJ/Hardwick,Ken.htm|publisher=doncasterrovers.co.uk|accessdate=4 January 2013}}</ref>
<ref name=bts>{{cite web|title=Quirky Facts|url=http://goalkeepersaredifferent.com/keeper/factframe.htm|publisher=Between the Sticks|accessdate=4 January 2013}}</ref> 
}}

==External links==
*[http://www.doncasterrovers.co.uk/players/GtoJ/Hardwick,Ken.htm Profile on doncasterrovers.co.uk]
*[http://www.britishpathe.com/video/3rd-round-f-a-cup-arsenal-v-doncaster Pathe News video of  Hardwick in goal for Doncaster against Arsenal, 1953 − 3rd Round F.A. Cup]

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Category:1924 births
Category:1977 deaths
Category:People from West Auckland
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Footballers from County Durham
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:English Football League players
Category:Rossington Main F.C. players
Category:Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
Category:Scunthorpe United F.C. players
Category:Barrow A.F.C. players
Category:Doncaster Rovers F.C. wartime guest players

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