Ray Hankin

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Ray Hankin
Personal information
Full name	Raymond Hankin
Date of birth	February 21, 1956 (1956-02-21) (age 52)
Place of birth	Wallsend, England
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1973-76 1976-80 1980-81 1981 1981-82 1981-82 1982-83 1983-85 1985	Burnley Leeds United Vancouver Whitecaps Arsenal Vancouver Whitecaps Shamrock Rovers Middlesbrough Peterborough United Wolverhampton Wanderers	112 (37) 083 (32) 00? (?) 000 (0) 00? (?) 003 (1) 021 (1) 033 (8) 010 (1)
National team
	England U23	003 (0)
Teams managed
1992	Darlington
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Raymond Hankin (born February 21, 1956 in Wallsend, Tyneside) is a former English footballer.

A powerful and burly centre-forward, Hankin started his career at Burnley, where he scored 37 goals in 112 games and won three caps for the England U23 side. He moved to Leeds United in 1976 and after missing most of his first season through injury, he became top scorer in 1977/78 with 20 goals. He moved across the Atlantic to join the Vancouver Whitecaps of the NASL.

In November 1981 he briefly moved back to England to join Arsenal for £400,000, with the fee dependent on Hankin's performances. After making just two League Cup appearances, Arsenal reversed their decision and let Hankin return to Vancouver.

John Giles signed him in January 1982 for Shamrock Rovers for a short spell and he scored on his debut in Sligo on the 24th. He made a total of 5 appearances for the Hoops scoring twice.

He briefly returned to Vancouver before finally returning to join Middlesbrough. He saw out his career at Peterborough United and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He also had a brief spell as Darlington manager in 1992.

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