Johnny Hales

Johnny Hales
Personal information
Full name John McKendrick Hales[1]
Date of birth (1940-05-15) 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.

† Appearances (goals)

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. 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.
  2. 1 2 "Brentford Football Club History". brentfordfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  3. Brentford F.C. Griffin Gazette versus Chester City 15/04/95. Quay Design of Poole. 1995. p. 29.
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