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.
An outside right, Rampling began his career with Fulham during the Second World War and signed in November 1942.[3] 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.[1][3] 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.[1][3] He made his debut on the opening day of the 1949–50 season against Tottenham Hotspur,[4] but failed to make another appearance for the club before departing in April 1950.[3] After his release from Brentford, Rampling dropped into non-League football and had spells with Weymouth and Ashford Town.[3][5]
Rampling was called into the RAF in March 1946 and served as a PT instructor.[6]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brentford | 1949–50[4] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 1 | 0 | |
| Ashford Town | 1951–52[7] | Kent League | 28 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| 1952–53[7] | Kent League | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| Total | 30 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 50 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 31 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 3 | ||
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