Brian Hill (footballer, born 1937)

Brian Hill
Personal information
Date of birth (1937-10-06)6 October 1937
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Date of death 5 April 1968(1968-04-05) (aged 30)
Playing position Full back
Youth career
0000–1956 Sheffield Wednesday
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1967 Sheffield Wednesday 117 (1)
1967–1968 Club Brugge 11 (0)
Total 128 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Brian Hill (6 October 1937 – 5 April 1968) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back.

Career

Born in Sheffield, Hill began his career at Sheffield Wednesday, where he made 117 appearances in the Football League for them between 1956 and 1967.[1] He also made 2 FA Cup and 3 European appearances for the club.[2] He later played in Belgium for Club Brugge, making 11 league and 2 European appearances for them.[3]

Death

Hill died of a heart attack on 5 April 1968.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Profile". Sheffield Wednesday Archive. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Profile" (in Dutch). Club Brugge K.V. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Dickinson, Jason; Brodie, John (2005). The Wednesday Boys: A Definitive Who's Who of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club 1880–2005. Sheffield: Pickard Communication. p. 137. ISBN 978-0954726492.
  5. ↑ Sheffield Star. 5 April 1968. p. 1. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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