Hughie Hay

Hughie Hay
Personal information
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Date of death 23 October 2012 (aged 80)
Place of death Laurencekirk, Scotland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
Banks O' Dee
1951–1958 Aberdeen 47 (23)
1958–1959 Dundee United 15 (3)
1959–1960 Arbroath 6 (1)
Deveronvale
Total 68 (27)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Hughie Hay (died 23 October 2012) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward.

Career

Hay started his career with local club Banks O' Dee.[2] He then joined Aberdeen in 1951, where he played as an inside forward.[3] He made his début against Queen of the South at Pittodrie on 11 August 1951, a match in which he scored.[3] Hay suffered a serious leg break in 1954 while on national service.[3] This injury ruled him out for the entire 1954–55 season.[1] Towards the later part of his Aberdeen career he scored a hat-trick against Airdrieonians in front of a crowd of 10,000.[4] He left Aberdeen in 1958 after seven years at the club, having made 58 appearances scoring 26 goals.[1] He went on to play for Dundee United, Arbroath and Deveronvale.[5][6]

Later life and death

Hay lived in Stonehaven in later life and was a member of the indoor bowling club.[3] He died on 23 October 2012, at the age of 80.[7] Hay who was survived by his wife Anne, was cremated at Aberdeen Crematorium in Hazlehead on 30 October 2012.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hughie Hay". Aberdeen FC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "ABERDEEN : 1946/47 - 2011/12". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "AFC Former Player Hughie Hay". Aberdeen F.C. 24 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  4. ↑ Sterling, Kevin (5 October 2012). "On This Day". Aberdeen F.C. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "DUNDEE UNITED : 1946/47 - 2011/12". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database.
  6. ↑ "ARBROATH : 1946/47 - 2011/12". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database.
  7. 1 2 "Deaths - Hay". familyannouncements.ajl.co.uk (The Press and Journal). 26 October 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.


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