Career
His professional career spanned 16 years, seven clubs and almost 600 appearances, plus nine international caps for Wales. Born in Keighley, Hockey turned professional with Bradford City in May 1960. Hockey had been discovered by the club in the local amateur ranks.
Now transformed from a winger into a central midfielder, Hockey joined Birmingham City in November 1965 in a £25,000 deal.
He went on to make 231 appearances for the Blues scoring 13 goals. He was also the club captain when he was transferred to Sheffield United for £40,000 in January 1971.
His United career virtually ended with a broken leg against Manchester City on 12 February 1972. Struggling to regain his place in the first team, he made his final appearance on 30 December 1972 before Norwich City secured his services in February 1973, swapping him for Scottish striker Jimmy Bone.
However, after just six months with The Canaries, Hockey was back playing his football in Birmingham, this time for Aston Villa.
After just a year at Villa Park he was on the move again, this time returning to his first club Bradford City. Hockey drifted into semi-professional football after leaving Bradford and played four Cheshire League games for Ashton United during the 1977-1978 season. In March 1976, Hockey became player-manager at Athlone Town before taking his footballing talents across the pond and a spell with San Diego Jaws in the North American Soccer League.
Hockey returned to England the following year and took on the managers role at non-league Stalybridge Celtic before another spell in the States as coach with both San Jose Earthquakes and Las Vegas Quicksilvers.
In 1981, he returned home to reform Keighley Town, a side that had played in the old Yorkshire League after the Second World War. Hockey"s intention was to guide Keighley Town into the Northern Premier League by the end of the decade.
Based at Utley, Town were accepted into the West Riding County Amateur league"s first division. However, their ground was deemed not acceptable for the league"s premier division.
He died of a heart attack shortly after taking part in a five-a-side tournament in Keighley on 2 April 1987, aged 43.