page_title: Cannock
section_title: Sport
hierarchical_section_title: Cannock / Notable people / Sport
caption_attribution_description: English: Jim Rhodes at Dutch Senior Open
context_page_description: Cannock is a town and the administrative centre of the Cannock Chase district, as of the 2011 census, it has a population of 29,018, and is one the most populous towns in the district of Cannock Chase in the county of Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England.
  Cannock lies to the north of the West Midlands conurbation on the M6, A34 and A5 roads, and to the south of The Chase, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Cannock is served by a railway station on the Chase Line. The town comprises four district council electoral wards and the Cannock South ward includes the civil parish of Bridgtown, but the rest of Cannock is unparished.
  Cannock forms part of the Cannock Built-up Area which also includes Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, Hednesford, Huntington, Heath Hayes and Wimblebury.
context_section_description: Alec Talbot (1902 in Cannock – 1975) professional footballer, 260 caps mainly for Aston Villa F.C.
  Tom Galley (1915 in Cannock - 2000) professional footballer, over 200 caps mainly for Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
  Harry Kinsell (1921 in Cannock – 2000) professional footballer, over 200 caps mostly for West Brom and West Ham
  Gordon Lee (born 1934 in Cannock), former professional footballer and football manager
  Malcolm Beard (born 1942 in Cannock), former professional footballer 350 caps, mostly for Birmingham City F.C.
  Jim Rhodes (1946 in Cannock – 2015) professional golfer
  Paul Cooper (born 1953 in Cannock) former professional football goalkeeper, over 500 caps mostly for Ipswich Town,
  Geoff Palmer (born 1954 in Cannock), former professional footballer, over 460 caps, mostly for Wolves
  Bobby Hosker (born 1955 in Cannock) former professional footballer, over 300 pro appearances
  Vernon Allatt (born 1959 in Cannock) an English former footballer, over 250 pro appearances
  Steve James (born 1961 in Cannock) former professional snooker player
  Dave Norton (born 1965 in Cannock), former professional footballer, over 430 pro appearances
  Mick Gosling (born 1972), winner of Britain's Strongest Man contest in 2005
  Richard Gosling (born 1974 ) winner of Britain's Strongest Man contest in 2003
  Kevin Pietersen (born 1980), South African-born English cricketer, played for Cannock Cricket Club in 2000
  Andy Bishop (born 1982 in Cannock), professional footballer, over 450 pro appearances
  Kris Taylor (born 1984 in Cannock), professional footballer, over 340 pro appearances
caption: Jim Rhodes, 2010
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