Neville Hayes (footballer) explained

Neville Hayes
Nickname:	Chicken
Birth Date:	12 May 1935
Position:	Defender, forward
Years1:	1953–1965
Club1:	Port Adelaide
Games Goals1:	217 (58)
Sooyears1:	1955–1964
Sooteam1:	South Australia
Soogames Goals1:	21
Careerhighlights:	Port Adelaide's greatest team (half-back flank) South Australian Football Hall of Fame (2002) 8× premiership player (1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963) 2× Port Adelaide best and fairest (1957, 1960) Port Adelaide life membership (1962) SANFL life membership

Neville Hayes (12 May 1935 – 6 December 2023)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club. Primarily playing as a defender, he won eight premierships during his career.^[2]

North Adelaide forward Jeff Pash described Hayes as a "player of all-round gifts who backs his judgement (to a hair-raising extent in this particular case) and plays his man at a distance".^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: HAYES, Neville Chic Death Notices Adelaide . 2024-02-11 . My Tributes . en.
2. Web site: SA FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME: Neville C Hayes. www.sanfl.com.au. 2016-03-19.
3. Web site: Australian Football - Neville Hayes - Player Bio. australianfootball.com. 2016-03-19.