Hugh Lindsay (footballer)

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Hugh Lindsay
Personal information
Full name Hugh Murray Lindsay
Date of birth (1938-08-23) 23 August 1938 (age 85)
Place of birth Ickenham, England
Position(s)
Inside forward
Youth career
London University
Wealdstone
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1962 Kingstonian
1960–1965 Southampton 2 (0)
1962–1970 Wealdstone
1970–1973 Hampton
International career
c.1960
England amateur
1960
Great Britain
 3 (0)
Managerial career
Polytechnic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hugh Murray Lindsay (born 23 August 1938)

Football League appearances for Southampton in 1961, making him the last amateur player to play for Southampton.[3][4][5]

Football career

Lindsay was born in

St Clement Danes Grammar School before attending the University of London and then training as a teacher.[3]

He played his club football firstly with

1960 Summer Olympics. Before the start of the Olympic tournament, he was signed by Southampton of the Football League Second Division
on amateur terms in July 1960.

In the Olympics, Lindsay played in all three

group stage matches in which Great Britain lost 4–3 to Brazil, drew 2–2 with hosts Italy and defeated Republic of China 3–2, finishing third in the group and were thus eliminated.[6]

Although Lindsay had signed with Southampton in the summer of 1960, his teaching training commitments prevented him from playing for any of the "Saints" teams on a regular basis; furthermore, on most Saturdays he was required to turn out for Kingstonian. Although manager

centre-forward; as a result the Saints' forward line looked "rather bewildered"[7] and they were lucky to gain a 1–1 draw (with the equaliser coming from a "fluky" free-kick from Tommy Traynor), although match reports show that Lindsay had the "best shot" of the game.[8] Lindsay retained his place for the next match, a 1–0 defeat to Stoke City before Brian Clifton took over the No. 10 shirt.[9]

Lindsay continued to make occasional appearances for the reserves, with six appearances (four goals) in 1961–62 and three the following year, before disappearing from the league scene, although Southampton retained his

Football League registration until 1965.[3]

Being an amateur, Lindsay was able to continue to play for Kingstonians, before returning to

Hampton in 1970.[3]

After three years with Hampton, he returned to Kingstonian as a coach, before becoming assistant manager at Hampton. He was later the manager of Polytechnic F.C. of the Southern Amateur League.[3]

He became a lecturer at the

Lensbury veterans on Sundays.[3]

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6
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  2. ^ "Hugh Lindsay". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-9514862-3-3
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  4. ^ "Cork Not Saints' First Olympian". Southampton FC. 20 July 2012. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  5. ^ Paul Plunkett (23 April 2012). "London 2012: GB team at 1960 Games united by love of football". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Hugh Lindsay – Record at FIFA Tournaments". FIFA. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
  7. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X
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  8. ^ In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. p. 64.
  9. ISBN 0-907969-22-4
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