Ken Hancock

Ken Hancock
Personal information
Full name	Kenneth Paul Hancock
Date of birth	25 November 1937
Place of birth	Milton, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Date of death	27 April 2025 (aged 87)
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1953–1958	Stoke City
Senior career*
Years	Team
1958–1964	Port Vale
1964–1969	Ipswich Town
1969–1971	Tottenham Hotspur
1971–1973	Bury
1973–1974	Stafford Rangers
1974–1975	Northwich Victoria
Total
Managerial career
1978–1979	Leek Town
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenneth Paul Hancock (25 November 1937 – 27 April 2025) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was the younger brother of Ray Hancock, who also played as a goalkeeper.

Hancock made 442 league appearances in a 15-year career in the Football League. He began his professional career at Port Vale in December 1958. He helped the club to win the Fourth Division title in 1958–59 and remained the club's first-choice goalkeeper until he was sold to Ipswich Town for a £10,000 fee in December 1964. He kept goal as the club won the Second Division title in 1967–68. He was sold to Tottenham Hotspur for £7,000 in March 1969. He moved on to Bury in July 1971 and later played Northern Premier League football for Stafford Rangers and Northwich Victoria. He later briefly managed non-League club Leek Town.