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Scottish footballer

Hugh Wales
Personal information
Full name Hugh Morrison Wales
Date of birth (1910-05-06)6 May 1910
Place of birth Kilwinning, Scotland
Date of death 12 April 1995(1995-04-12) (aged 84)
Place of death Calgary, Canada
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Kilwinning Rangers
1929–1946 Motherwell 317 (15)
→ Charlton Athletic (war guest)
→ Chelsea (war guest)
→ Luton Town (war guest)
Elgin City
International career
1933 Scotland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hugh Morrison Wales (6 May 1910 – 12 April 1995) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right half.

Career

Born in Kilwinning, Wales played club football for Motherwell, (winning the Scottish Football League title in 1931–32 and playing in three Scottish Cup finals) and made one appearance for Scotland in 1933. He also guested during World War II for a number of teams, including Charlton Athletic, Chelsea and Luton Town. He later played for Elgin City. During the War he served with the Royal Artillery and was selected for the Army's football team.

He later emigrated to Canada.

His father and elder brother, both named Abraham Wales and inside forwards by position, were also footballers, although not as successful as Hugh.

References

  1. Obituary for Hugh WALES Morrison, 1910-1995, Calgary Herald, 15 April 1995
  2. "Hugh Wales". motherwellnet.com. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  3. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Hughie Wales, MotherWELLnet
  5. ^ Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 278.
  6. "In Artillery". Motherwell Times. 10 December 1954.
  7. "Elgin Connection". Aberdeen Evening Express. 20 June 1956.
  8. Army v RAF 2-3 (International friendly: May 20, 1944), Play Up Liverpool
  9. Abraham Wales, MotherWELLnet
  10. (Kilmarnock player) Wales, Abe, FitbaStats


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