Ronald Cocks (1 August 1943 â 16 May 2017) was a Maltese footballer. He captained Malta's national football team 13 times, including in a match against England at Wembley in 1971.
Cocks played mainly for Gà ¼ira United and the Sliema Wanderers, and had a short spell with the Pittsburgh Phantoms in 1967. He was named Maltese Player of the Year for the 1965/66 season.
Cocks made his debut for Malta in a February 1966 friendly match against Libya and earned a total of 21 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a March 1978 friendly against Tunisia.
He also coached several Maltese clubs, amongst them PietÃÂ , Mosta and Gzira. He later worked at the Academy at Luxol.
Cocks was married to Marianne and the couple had three children. During his playing career he also worked as a welder and panel-beater at Gasan Group of Companies, at Panta Lesco and again at Gasan. He also had jobs with Bortex Clothing factory and Heidemann and worked as a fitness instructor at two hotels.
He died in May 2017.