Hugh Fletcher (footballer)

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Hugh Fletcher
Personal information
Full name Hugh Malcolm Fletcher [1]
Date of birth(1933-04-08)8 April 1933 [2]
Place of birth Lochgilphead, [2] Scotland
Date of death 25 January 2023 (aged 89)
Place of death Ardrishaig
Position(s) Full back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Lochgilphead
1952–1956 Celtic 0 (0)
1956–1962 Carlisle United 124 (18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hugh Malcolm Fletcher (8 April 1933 - 25 January 2023) was a Scottish former professional footballer who played for Carlisle United in the Football League. [2]

Fletcher was born in Lochgilphead, Argyll, and began his football career with his local club, Lochgilphead F.C. He signed for Celtic, but never played for the first team, and moved south of the border to join Third Division North club Carlisle United ahead of the 1956–57 season. [2] Although primarily a full back, Fletcher was sometimes used in a more forward position, and in his third season with Carlisle, he finished as the club's top scorer, with 19 goals in all competitions, 17 in the league. [3] [4] He remained with Carlisle until the 1961–62 season, finishing with 18 goals from 124 league appearances. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Hugh Fletcher". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Hugh Fletcher". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ian Harte is Carlisle Utd's most prolific goal scoring defender ever". News and Star. Carlisle. 5 February 2010. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Season-by-Season 1950–59". Carlisle United Online Archive. Archived from the original on 14 February 2005. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
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