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