Clifford Groocock

Clifford Groocock Groocock (20 April 1895 – 9 February 1988) was a British trade union leader.

Born as Clifford Groocock Hincks, he was brought up as a Methodist, and from 1917 was a lay preacher. By 1921 he was living in Hinckley in Leicestershire, and working as a hosiery hand. That year, he dropped his surname, and became known as "Clifford Groocock Groocock". He became active in the Hinckley and District Hosiery Union, and in 1930 he was elected as its general secretary.

In 1945, Groocock took his union into the new National Union of Hosiery and Knitwear Workers, and he became its first general secretary. Despite the title, this post was only that of second-in-command, with Moulden as general president being its most prominent figure. Groocock also remained leader of the new union's Hinckley section. Like Moulden, Groocock saw himself as a social democrat, favouring good relationships with employers and minimising industrial action. The union grew as a national force, and Groocock retired in 1960.