Victor "Vic" Darlison (7 April 1916[1] – second 1⁄4 1982) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.
He played at club level for Goole ARLFC, Featherstone Rovers (two spells, including the second as a World War II guest),[2] Castleford, Wigan,[3] Wakefield Trinity and Bradford Northern, as a hooker or loose forward.
Vic Darlison played hooker in Bradford Northern's 8–3 aggregate victory over Wigan in the 1943–44 Challenge Cup Final during the 1943–44 season; the 0–3 defeat at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 15 April 1944, in front of a crowd of 22,000, and the 8–0 victory at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 22 April 1944, in front of a crowd of 30,000, played hooker in the 9–13 aggregate defeat by Huddersfield in the 1944–45 Challenge Cup Final during the 1944–45 season; the 4–7 defeat at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 28 April 1945, in front of a crowd of 9,041, and the 5–6 defeat at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 5 May 1945 (three days before Victory in Europe Day), in front of a crowd of 17,500,[5][6] played hooker in the 8–4 victory over Leeds in the 1946–47 Challenge Cup Final during the 1946–47 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 3 May 1947, in front of a crowd of 77,605, played hooker in the 3–8 defeat by Wigan in the 1947–48 Challenge Cup Final during the 1947–48 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 1 May 1948, in front of a crowd of 91,465,[7] and played hooker in the 12–0 victory over Halifax in the 1948–49 Challenge Cup Final during the 1948–49 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 7 May 1949, in front of a crowd of 95,000.
Vic Darlison played hooker in Wakefield Trinity's 9–12 defeat by Featherstone Rovers in the 1940–41 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1939–40 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 22 June 1940, and played hooker in Bradford Northern's 11–4 victory over Huddersfield in the 1949–50 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1949–50 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 29 October 1949.
In addition, prior to the 1949–50 season, the archaic field-goal was also still a valid means of scoring points.