John McKendrick Hales (born 15 May 1940) is a Scottish retired professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as a winger.

Johnny Hales
Personal information
Full name John McKendrick Hales[1]
Date of birth (1940-05-15) 15 May 1940 (age 84)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1959 St Roch's
1959–1964 Brentford 62 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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St Roch's

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A winger, Hales began his career in Glasgow with Central Scottish Amateur League junior club St Roch's and departed in September 1958.[2]

Brentford

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Hales 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

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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

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  1. ^ "Johnny Hales". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 385–387. ISBN 0951526200.
  4. ^ Brentford F.C. Griffin Gazette versus Chester City. Quay Design of Poole. 15 April 1995. p. 29.