Johnny Hales
Scottish footballer
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John McKendrick Hales (born 15 May 1940) is a Scottish retired professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as a winger.
Career
St Roch's
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
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
| 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 | ||