Hughie Hay | |
Birth Place: | Aberdeen, Scotland |
Death Date: | 23 October 2012 (aged 80) |
Death Place: | Laurencekirk, Scotland |
Position: | Inside forward |
Clubs1: | Banks O' Dee |
Years2: | 1951–1958 |
Clubs2: | Aberdeen |
Caps2: | 47 |
Goals2: | 23 |
Years3: | 1958–1959 |
Clubs3: | Dundee United |
Caps3: | 15 |
Goals3: | 3 |
Years4: | 1959–1960 |
Clubs4: | Arbroath |
Caps4: | 6 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Clubs5: | Deveronvale |
Totalcaps: | 68 |
Totalgoals: | 27 |
Hughie Hay (died 23 October 2012) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward.
Hay started his career with local club Banks O' Dee.[1] 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.[2] He left Aberdeen in 1958 after seven years at the club, having made 58 appearances scoring 26 goals.[3] He went on to play for Dundee United, Arbroath and Deveronvale.[4] [5]
Hay lived in Stonehaven in later life and was a member of the indoor bowling club.[6] 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.[7]