Haydn Hill Explained

Haydn Hill
Fullname:Haydn Henry Clifford Hill
Birth Date:4 July 1913
Birth Place:Creswell, Derbyshire, England
Death Place:Weymouth, Dorset, England
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:1934–1935
Clubs1:Corinthian
Years2:1935
Clubs2:Sheffield Wednesday
Caps2:4
Goals2:0
Years3:1935–1936
Clubs3:Yorkshire Amateur
Years4:1937–1940
Clubs4:Dulwich Hamlet
Nationalyears1:1936
Nationalteam1:Great Britain
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalteam2:England Amateurs
Nationalyears2:1935–1938
Nationalcaps2:8
Nationalgoals2:0

Haydn Henry Clifford Hill (4 July 1913 – 3 November 1992) was an English amateur footballer who represented Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1] [2] He played as a goalkeeper for Corinthian, Sheffield Wednesday, Yorkshire Amateur and Dulwich Hamlet. He also played cricket for Dorset.[3]

Football

Hill played for Corinthian a number of times in 1934 and 1935.[4] [5] [6] He played for Yorkshire Amateur in 1935 and 1936.[7]

Hill played for the England national amateur football team 8 times between 1935 and 1938. He made his debut against Wales on 19 January 1935 and played for the last time on 12 March 1938 against Scotland.[8]

Hill made 4 appearances for Sheffield Wednesday in 1935. He played twice in the 1934–35 Football League and twice in 1935–36.[9]

Hill played for Dulwich Hamlet from 1937 to 1940.[10] [11] In his first season, he was in the team that beat Leyton 2–0 in the FA Amateur Cup final at Upton Park on 3 April 1937. At the end of the game he "was carried shoulder high off the field, and the tribute was well deserved."[12]

Cricket

Hill played cricket for Dorset, making 24 appearances in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship between 1948 and 1953.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Haydn Henry HILL. https://web.archive.org/web/20121107040059/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=292032/index.html. dead. 7 November 2012. 10 November 2009. FIFA.
  2. Web site: Haydn Hill. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003404/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hi/haydn-hill-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 10 November 2009. Sports Reference.
  3. Web site: Haydn Hill . Olympedia . 22 September 2021.
  4. News: The Times . 5 November 1934 . 6 . A Corinthian recovery.
  5. News: Sheffielder for Corinthians . Sheffield Independent . 22 November 1934 . 7 August 2016 . . subscription .
  6. News: The Times . 12 November 1935 . 5 . Association Football – A Corinthian revival.
  7. News: Sport and Sportsmen – Northern Amateur talent . Yorkshire Evening Post . 12 October 1935 . 7 August 2016 . . subscription .
  8. Web site: England's Matches – Amateur – 1906-1939 . England Football Online . www.englandfootballonline.com . 4 August 2016 . 24 April 2016.
  9. Web site: H H C Hill .
  10. News: The Times . 8 February 1937 . 6 . F.A. Amateur Cup.
  11. News: Reds defeated by Influenza . Surrey Mirror . 26 January 1940 . 7 August 2016 . . subscription .
  12. News: The Times . 5 April 1937 . 5 . F.A. Amateur Cup.
  13. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/198/198180/198180.html Haydn Hill