Hugh McNeil Jr explained

Hugh McNeil
Birth Date:8 August 1902
Birth Place:Motherwell, Scotland
Years1:
Clubs1:Larkhall Thistle
Years2:1923–1926
Clubs2:Hamilton Academical
Caps2:70
Goals2:0
Years3:1926–1930
Clubs3:Motherwell
Caps3:85
Goals3:1
Years4:
Totalcaps:154
Totalgoals:1

Hugh McNeil (born 1902) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre half or right half for Hamilton Academical and Motherwell.[1] [2] He was still featuring fairly regularly for the Steelmen (11 league appearances in the 1929–30 season)[3] when he emigrated to Nigeria to work in the oil industry, having obtained a university degree.[1]

His father of the same name was also a footballer who too played for Motherwell and Hamilton in the same position.[4] [3] [5]

Notes and References

  1. https://sites.google.com/site/hamiltonacademicalmemorybank/players/mcneil-hugh-1923 McNeil, Hugh (1923)
  2. http://www.motherwellnet.com/database/player-archive/mc-mac/hugh-mcneil-ii/ Hugh McNeil (II)
  3. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.
  4. https://sites.google.com/site/hamiltonacademicalmemorybank/players/mcneil-hugh-1901 McNeil, Hugh (1901)
  5. http://www.motherwellnet.com/database/player-archive/mc-mac/hugh-mcneil-i/ Hugh McNeil (I)