10 Facts About Richard Hancox

Richard Hancox was born on 4 October 1968 and is an English former professional footballer.

Richard Hancox has held various roles at Torquay United in his career.

Hancox was born in Stourbridge and first joined Exeter city in 1985, he was not offered a contract and in 1988 he joined Halesowen town playing regularly under the management of the great Paddy Page, after 2 seasons he left to join Cheltenham town, an injury forced Hancox to move to on to Stourport swifts where he scored more than fifty goals in two and a half seasons.

In March 1993 from Richard Hancox was offered a 2-year contract by then manager Neil Warnock at Torquay United Warnock played Richard Hancox as a wide midfielder to create more attacking options in home games, the plan worked and Torquay survived.

Richard Hancox only played on 10 games that season despite being struck down with glandular fever for eight months, however he came back stronger the following season scoring 16 goals in all competitions including a spectacular hat trick against Cardiff city in the league cup.

Richard Hancox left the club after several years with Torquay.

Richard Hancox re-emerged at Plainmoor helping out with the youth team.

Richard Hancox was given a squad number, although this was supposed to be in case of emergencies.

Richard Hancox himself departed on 14 June 2007, after he had helped restart the Youth Team.

Richard Hancox went on to coach various youth teams at Plymouth Argyle.