Hugh McNeil
Scottish footballer
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1878 | ||
Place of birth | Motherwell, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 10 January 1960 (aged 81–82) | ||
Place of death | Hartwood, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Centre half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Mossend Brigade | ||
– | Dalziel Rovers | ||
1899–1900 | Motherwell | 16 | (2) |
1900–1902 | Celtic | 2 | (0) |
1901 | → Motherwell (loan) | 3 | (0) |
1901–1902 | Hamilton Academical | 18 | (2) |
1902–1904 | Morton | 45 | (3) |
1904–1914 | Motherwell | 248 | (4) |
1914–1915 | Wishaw Thistle | ||
1915–1916 | Royal Albert | ||
Total | 332 | (11) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Hugh McNeil (1878 – 10 January 1960) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre half, with his longest spell being ten years with Motherwell.[1][2] He had already spent a season with the club earlier in his career after graduating from the junior level, with Celtic (his time there including another loan back to Motherwell), Hamilton Academical[3] and Morton his other Scottish Football League employers between his two main Fir Park spells. He survived a serious motorcycle crach in 1913, later going on to play for Wishaw Thistle and Royal Albert.[3]
His son of the same name was also a footballer who too played for Motherwell and Hamilton in the same position.[4][1][5]
References
- ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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(help) - ^ Hugh McNeil (I), MotherWELLnet
- ^ a b McNeil, Hugh (1901), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
- ^ McNeil, Hugh (1923), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
- ^ Hugh McNeil (II), MotherWELLnet
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