Hugh McNeil Jr
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 8 August 1902 | ||
Place of birth | Motherwell, Scotland | ||
Position(s) |
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Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Larkhall Thistle | ||
1923–1926 | Hamilton Academical | 70 | (0) |
1926–1930 | Motherwell | 85 | (1) |
Total | 154 | (1) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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]
References[]
- ^ a b McNeil, Hugh (1923), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
- ^ Hugh McNeil (II), MotherWELLnet
- ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ McNeil, Hugh (1901), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
- ^ Hugh McNeil (I), MotherWELLnet
Categories:
- 1902 births
- 20th-century deaths
- Scottish footballers
- Sportspeople from Motherwell
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Association football central defenders
- Association football wing halves
- Larkhall Thistle F.C. players
- Hamilton Academical F.C. players
- Motherwell F.C. players
- British emigrants to Nigeria
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish football defender, 1900s birth stubs