Gordon Haigh

Gordon Haigh

Personal information
Full name	Gordon Haigh[1]
Date of birth	18 August 1921
Place of birth	Barnsley, England
Date of death	22 August 2011 (aged 90)
Place of death	Nelson, England
Playing position	Inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1946–1950	Burnley	18	(3)
1950–1951	Bournemouth & Boscombe	17	(3)
1951–1952	Watford	29	(5)
	Rossendale United	?	(?)
	Nelson	?	(?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Gordon Haigh (18 August 1921 – 22 August 2011)^[2] was an English professional association football player who played as an inside forward.

Having played 18 league games for Burnley in the four league seasons after World War II, he was the club's second oldest surviving player by the time of his death on 22 August 2011, four days after his 90th birthday – second only to George Knight, who was three months older and died 10 days later.

References

General

• Gordon Haigh career stats at the Post-War Player Database
• Gordon Haigh obituary on ClaretsMad website for Burnley FC

Specific

1. "Gordon Haigh". Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
2. "Haigh, Gordon". The Longside Reference. Retrieved 27 October 2013.