| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John McKendrick Hales [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 May 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1959 | St Roch's | ||
| 1959–1964 | Brentford | 62 | (7) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John McKendrick Hales (born 15 May 1940) is a Scottish retired professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as a winger.
A winger, Hales began his career in Glasgow with Central Scottish Amateur League junior club St Roch's and departed in September 1958. [2]
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]
| 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 | ||
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