Tony Hateley: (1 Viewer)

[thaiskyblue]

Tony Hateley former city striker and dad of former city striker mark has died aged 72, god bless .

 

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[wingy]

Rip TH......

 

[Deleted member 4439]

Years
Team Apps† (Gls)†

1958–1963
Notts County 131 (77)

1963–1966
Aston Villa 127 (68)

1966–1967
Chelsea 27 (6)

1967–1968
Liverpool 42 (17)

1968–1969
Coventry City 17 (4)

1969–1970
Birmingham City 28 (6)

1970–1972
Notts County 57 (32)

1973–1974
Oldham Athletic 5 (1)

1974
Boston Minutemen 3 (0)


That's some strike record.

Funny, as someone who stands out in my memories watching City as a youngster, I didn't realise that he was with the club for such short span of time

 

[Broken Hearted Sky Blue]

Remember him being a great header of a ball RIP

 

[Cheshire Sky Blue]

Very Sad. He was one of a kind. Thoughts with his family. RIP sky blue Tony.

 

[Paxman II]

Sad news. A classic centre forward who headed the ball like a rocket. The only other player I ever saw do that was Neil Martin and of course his son! RIP

 

[Otis]

Yep. Remember him as a great header of the ball.

RIP.

 

[blueflint]

watched him a few times was excellent at heading and holding up the ball for others to exploit R.I.P

 

[johnniericoh]

Tony Hateley former city striker and dad of former city striker mark has died aged 72, god bless .

Great guy off the pitch - whilst at CCFC and living temporarily locally used to regularly patronise the Coventry City Supporters Club then in Thackhall street and played a mean game of snooker 47+breaks etc

Very nomadic career but always delivered wherever he went - RIP big Tony

 

[wingy]

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sp...ews/former-coventry-city-striker-tony-6658323

 

[DazzleTommyDazzle]

Was playing for us at about the time I started to get interested.

As many have remarked, a great header of the ball.

RIP Tony and condolences to Mark and the rest of the family.

 

[wingy]

• Liverpool News
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• By Chris Beesley
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[h=1]Former Liverpool player Tony Hateley dies aged 72[/h]1 Feb 2014 19:13Bill Shankly broke the club's transfer record to take Derby-born Hateley to Anfield from Chelsea for £96,000 in 1967



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Tony Hateley stands proudly looking into the goal after scoring for Liverpool, August 1967

Liverpool FC are mourning the loss of former player Tony Hateley who died this morning aged 72.
The former centre-forward who plundered 27 goals for the Reds in 1967/68 campaign, his only season at the club, passed away in Preston after a long illness.
Bill Shankly broke the club's transfer record to take Derby-born Hateley to Anfield from Chelsea for £96,000 but despite his impressive goalscoring record at the Reds he moved on to Coventry City just a year later.
Despite his fleeting stay on Merseyside, Hateley remained an active member of the Liverpool Former Players Association in his retirement and was a popular figure around Anfield.
His son Mark was also a striker and went on to play for England while his grandson Tom played for Tranmere earlier this season.
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Liverpool FC player Tony Hateley remembered
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[Cheshire Sky Blue]

Wingy....nice tribute. Is that Ian St John in the frame? Two Sky Blues in Red.

 

[SkyBlueBlood]

Must have been back in the days when Liverpool were a feeder club for us

 

[Cheshire Sky Blue]

Wingy....nice tribute. Is that Ian St John in the frame? Two Sky Blues in Red.

For a reference for those under a certain age that is like suggesting that Gerrard and Sturridge signed for City

 

[wingy]

Wingy....nice tribute. Is that Ian St John in the frame? Two Sky Blues in Red.

I found another great link to the reds site but too many Characters.

 

[st john]

Remember him being a great header of a ball RIP

I remember his superb headed goal when we beat Stoke 3-0 in 1968, pure class

 

[James Smith]

Far too young to have seen him play for us but sounds like he was fairly decent on the pitch. RIP

 

[jesus-wept]

Watched him in a 3-0 win at Stoke when he scored two thunderbolt headers from outside the penalty area with the great Gordon Banks in the Stoke goal.

 

[RedSalmon]

As a kid I used to collect a series called 'Soccer Stars', which was basically pictures of all the players from every first division club. You then stuck them in an album. Tony Hateley was the first Sky Blue player I got. The excitement was fantastic!!!

I lost the album many years ago, but can still see the face of Tony Hateley from the collection!!

 

[Otis]

Surely you are all too old to be on the internet?

 

[wingy]

Many references to his heading ability and the power he generated ,IIRC It left him with a degenerative brain condition in his latter years.

 

[Otis]

Wonder what would happen to the game of football if it was ever proved that every time you headed a ball it did damage to the brain?

The whole game would change out of all recognition. Helmets like in American Football I wonder?

 

[wingy]

Surely you are all too old to be on the internet?

Dunno how I get these old Arthritic fingers to negotiate the keys.

 

[Otis]

Dunno how I get these old Arthritic fingers to negotiate the keys.

I get my daughter to do all the typing for me.

 

[Kneeza]

Very sad to hear this as Tony was one of my heroes.
I well remember standing on the 'Mini Kop' not long after he signed for us, and he crashed a superb header against the bar at the other end. Boy, did the Kop go quiet.
Rest easy Tony.

 

[skybluefred]

R.I.P. Tony,you where one of the best.

 

[musicmanskyblue]

Very sad... Used to be him when i was a kid playing "Headers and Volleys"...