Jump to content

Bill Hume (footballer)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bill Hume
Personal information
Full name William McLeod Hume
Date of birth (1937-12-01) 1 December 1937 (age 86)
Place of birth Alloa, Scotland
Date of death 10 December 2005(2005-12-10) (aged 68)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1955–1956 Hibernian
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957 Morrinsville Rangers
1958 - 1959 Hamilton Wanderers
1959 - 1960 Gladesville-Ryde SC
1961 - 1964 Sydney Hakoah
1965 - Hamilton AFC
Claudelands Rovers
International career
1958 New Zealand 5 (6)
1959 Australia XI 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William McLeod Hume (1 December 1937 – 10 December 2005) was a footballer.

Born in Alloa, Scotland, Hume signed as an apprentice for Hibernian in 1955, before emigrating to New Zealand the following year.[1] Hume represented both New Zealand[2] and Australia at international level.[3]

His senior career began with Morrinsville Rangers shortly after arriving in New Zealand. Hume was then selected for the Waikato regional representative side before signing with Hamilton Wanderers. He then moved to Australia to join Gladesville-Ryde SC in 1959,[4] scoring 29 goals in the 1960 NSWSF season. In December 1960 Hume transferred to Sydney Hakoah for a deal reported to be in excess of £1000.[5] [3] He returned to New Zealand in the mid 1960s playing out his career with Waikato club sides Hamilton AFC (a 1964 merger of Hamilton Technical Old Boys and Hamilton Wanderers) and Claudelands Rovers.

Hume made his full All Whites debut in a 2–3 loss to Australia on 16 August 1958[6] and made four more appearances over the following month,[2] scoring a total of six goals,[7] the last of his A-international caps being in a 2–1 win over New Caledonia on 14 September 1958.[6]

He moved to Australia in 1959 and later that year he made his two appearances for Australia in unofficial matches against Scottish club Heart of Midlothian in Sydney and Melbourne, scoring in the Melbourne match.

Hume died of a heart attack on St Andrews golf course on 10 December 2005.[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Obituary: Bill Hume 1937-2005" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Australian Player Database". OzFootball. Archived from the original on 15 May 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  4. ^ "W. Hume To Play In Sydney". Press. 6 May 1959. p. 23. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Soccer Transfer". Press. 21 December 1960. p. 17. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  6. ^ a b "A-International Lineups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  7. ^ "A-International Scorers - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2009.


Flag of New ZealandSoccer icon

This biographical article related to a football forward from New Zealand is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Flag of AustraliaSoccer icon

This biographical article related to a soccer forward from Australia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Flag of ScotlandSoccer icon

This biographical article related to association football in Scotland, about a forward born in the 1930s, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill_Hume_(footballer)&oldid=1257110547"