Hugh Sproat
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 16 November 1952 | ||
Place of birth | Ayr, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Auchinleck Talbot | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1974–1979 | Ayr United | 128 | (0) |
1979–1984 | Motherwell | 145 | (0) |
1984–1986 | Ayr United | 61 | (0) |
Total | 334 | (0) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Hugh Sproat (born 16 November 1952) is a Scottish footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.
Sproat joined Ayr United from Auchinleck Talbot in 1974. He became a fans favourite and was voted the club's all-time cult hero by Football Focus viewers in 2005. He moved onto Motherwell in 1979 before returning to Ayr in 1984 before retiring from the game in 1986, aged 34.
External links[]
- Hugh Sproat at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
- All-Time Cult Heroes (BBC)
- Players of interest – Hugh Sproat
Categories:
- 1952 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Ayr
- Scottish footballers
- Scottish Football League players
- Association football goalkeepers
- Ayr United F.C. players
- Motherwell F.C. players
- Auchinleck Talbot F.C. players
- Scottish football goalkeeper stubs