Haydn Henry Clifford Hill (4 July 1913 – 3 November 1992) was an English amateur footballer who represented Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1][2] He played as a goalkeeper for Corinthian, Sheffield Wednesday, Yorkshire Amateur and Dulwich Hamlet. He also played cricket for Dorset.[3]

Football

Hill played for Corinthian a number of times in 1934 and 1935.[4][5][6] He played for Yorkshire Amateur in 1935 and 1936.[7]

Hill played for the England national amateur football team 8 times between 1935 and 1938. He made his debut against Wales on 19 January 1935 and played for the last time on 12 March 1938 against Scotland.[8]

Hill made 4 appearances for Sheffield Wednesday in 1935. He played twice in the 1934–35 Football League and twice in 1935–36.[9]

Hill played for Dulwich Hamlet from 1937 to 1940.[10][11] In his first season, he was in the team that beat Leyton 2–0 in the FA Amateur Cup final at Upton Park on 3 April 1937. At the end of the game he "was carried shoulder high off the field, and the tribute was well deserved."[12]

Cricket

Hill played cricket for Dorset, making 24 appearances in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship between 1948 and 1953.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Haydn Henry HILL". FIFA. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  2. ^ "Haydn Hill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  3. ^ "Haydn Hill". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  4. ^ "A Corinthian recovery". The Times. 5 November 1934. p. 6.
  5. ^ "Sheffielder for Corinthians". Sheffield Independent. 22 November 1934. Retrieved 7 August 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Association Football – A Corinthian revival". The Times. 12 November 1935. p. 5.
  7. ^ "Sport and Sportsmen – Northern Amateur talent". Yorkshire Evening Post. 12 October 1935. Retrieved 7 August 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "England's Matches – Amateur – 1906-1939". England Football Online. www.englandfootballonline.com. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  9. ^ "H H C Hill".
  10. ^ "F.A. Amateur Cup". The Times. 8 February 1937. p. 6.
  11. ^ "Reds defeated by Influenza". Surrey Mirror. 26 January 1940. Retrieved 7 August 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ "F.A. Amateur Cup". The Times. 5 April 1937. p. 5.
  13. ^ Haydn Hill at CricketArchive
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