John McKendrick Hales (born 15 May 1940) is a Scottish retired professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as a winger.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John McKendrick Hales[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 May 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1959 | St Roch's | ||
| 1959–1964 | Brentford | 62 | (7) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editSt Roch's
editA winger, Hales began his career in Glasgow with Central Scottish Amateur League junior club St Roch's and departed in September 1958.[2]
Brentford
editHales and St Roch's teammates Charlie McInally and John Docherty moved to England to sign for Third Division club Brentford in September 1958.[2] Hales had to wait until 30 April 1959 to make his first team debut, which came in an end-of-season game versus Norwich City.[3] He made 20 appearances in the 1959–60 season, followed by 22 in 1960–61, before falling out of the first team picture and playing mostly for the reserves.[2][3] Hales was released at the end of the 1963–64 season, having made 68 appearances and scored 7 goals in his five years as a first team player at Griffin Park.[2] Along with Micky Ball and Fred Ryecraft, Hales is one of three players to make over 150 appearances for the reserve team.[4]
Career statistics
edit| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brentford | 1958–59[3] | Third Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 1959–60[3] | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 20 | 3 | |||
| 1960–61[3] | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 1961–62[3] | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1962–63[3] | Fourth Division | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 1963–64[3] | Third Division | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | |
| Career total | 62 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 7 | ||
References
edit- ^ "Johnny Hales". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 71. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ^ a b c d e f g h White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 385–387. ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ Brentford F.C. Griffin Gazette versus Chester City. Quay Design of Poole. 15 April 1995. p. 29.