Wally Hazelden

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Wally Hazelden
Personal information
Full name Walter Hazelden
Date of birth(1941-02-13)13 February 1941
Place of birth Ashton-in-Makerfield, England
Date of death 2019 (aged 77–78) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1956–1957 Aston Villa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1957–1960 Aston Villa 17 (5)
1960–1961 Wigan Athletic 26 (23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Hazelden (born 13 February 1941; died 2019) was an English former footballer who played as an inside forward for Aston Villa and Wigan Athletic.

Career

Hazelden was born on 13 February 1941 in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan. [2] He started his career with Aston Villa after being signed as a junior player in 1956. [2] At the age of 16, he made his first team debut for the club in November 1957 against West Bromwich Albion, scoring the opening goal and setting up Villa's second in a 3–2 defeat. [3] On 1 February 1958, before a match against Blackpool, Hazelden presented a gift on behalf of Aston Villa to Stanley Matthews to commemorate his 43rd birthday. [4] A few days later, he represented the England national youth team, scoring in a 2–2 draw against Yugoslavia. [5] He scored five goals in 17 Football League games for Villa before joining Wigan Athletic in July 1960. [2]

Hazelden played at Wigan for one season, making 26 appearances in the Lancashire Combination, and finishing as the club's top scorer with 23 goals. [6]

He then joined Southern League side Rugby Town where he played for 3 seasons making 112 appearances in all competitions and scoring 56 goals

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References

  1. ↑ Wally Hazelden at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 3 "Aston Villa Player Database" . Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Day of Surprise and Upheaval". The Observer. 10 November 1957. ProQuest   475325696.
  4. ↑ "History: April 5". Aston Villa Football Club. 5 April 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Yugoslavia Youth XI Held To A Draw" . The Times. 5 February 1958. p. 12. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  6. ↑ Hayes, Dean (1996). The Latics: The Official History of Wigan Athletic F.C. Harefield: Yore Publications. ISBN   978-1-874427-91-9.
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