Johnny Hales
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John McKendrick Hales[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 May 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| St Roch's | |||
| 1958–1959 | Brentford | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1959–1964 | Brentford | 62 | (7) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Johnny Hales is a retired Scottish football winger who played in the Football League for Brentford.[1]
Career
St Roch's
A winger, Hales began his career in Glasgow with Central Scottish Amateur League junior club St Roch's. He departed in September 1958.[1]
Brentford
Hales and St Roch's teammates Charlie McInally and John Docherty moved to England to sign for Division Three side Brentford in September 1958, managed by Malky McDonald.[1] Hales had to wait until 30 April 1959 to make his first team debut, which came in an end-of-season game versus Norwich City.[2] He made 20 appearances in his the 1959/60 season, followed by 22 in 1960/61, before falling out of the first team picture and playing mostly for the reserves.[1][2]
Along with Micky Ball and Fred Ryecraft, Hales is one of three players to make over 150 appearances for the reserve team.[3] Hales was released at the end of the 1963/64 season, having made 68 appearances and scored 7 goals in his five years as a first team player at Griffin Park.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 71. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- 1 2 "Brentford Football Club History". brentfordfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ↑ Brentford F.C. Griffin Gazette versus Chester City 15/04/95. Quay Design of Poole. 1995. p. 29.