Position Inside forward Years Team Height 1.79 m | Playing position Role Footballer Name Hughie Hay | |
Date of death 23 October 2012 (aged 80) Died October 23, 2012, Laurencekirk, United Kingdom | ||
Place of death Laurencekirk, Scotland | ||
Hughie Hay (died 23 October 2012) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward.
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Career
Hay started his career with local club Banks O' Dee. He then joined Aberdeen in 1951, where he played as an inside forward. He made his début against Queen of the South at Pittodrie on 11 August 1951, a match in which he scored. Hay suffered a serious leg break in 1954 while on national service. This injury ruled him out for the entire 1954–55 season. Towards the later part of his Aberdeen career he scored a hat-trick against Airdrieonians in front of a crowd of 10,000. He left Aberdeen in 1958 after seven years at the club, having made 58 appearances scoring 26 goals. He went on to play for Dundee United, Arbroath and Deveronvale.
Later life and death
Hay lived in Stonehaven in later life and was a member of the indoor bowling club. He died on 23 October 2012, at the age of 80. Hay who was survived by his wife Anne, was cremated at Aberdeen Crematorium in Hazlehead on 30 October 2012.