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Austin Hayes

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Austin Hayes
Personal information
Full name Austin William Patrick Hayes[1]
Date of birth (1958-07-15)15 July 1958
Place of birth Hammersmith, England
Date of death 3 December 1986(1986-12-03) (aged 28)
Place of death Hammersmith, England
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s) Left winger
Youth career
1974–1976 Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1981 Southampton 32 (5)
1978 → Los Angeles Aztecs (loan) 22 (4)
1981–1983 Millwall 47 (5)
1983–1985 Northampton Town 64 (14)
1985 → Barnet (loan) ? (2)
1986 Friska Viljor 21 (3)
Total 186 (33)
International career
1978–1980 Republic of Ireland U21 5 (0)
1979 Republic of Ireland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Austin William Patrick Hayes (15 July 1958 – 3 December 1986) was an English-born professional footballer of Irish descent who played as a left winger. He was a member of the Southampton team that were runners-up in the 1979 League Cup final.

Hayes played once as a full international for the Republic of Ireland national team in 1979.

Early life

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Hayes was born in Hammersmith, London, to Irish parents in 1958 and was raised in Chiswick.[2]

Club career

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Hayes began his professional career as a left winger at Southampton in 1976. He scored twice on his debut in a European Cup Winners' Cup tie at home to Carrick Rangers on 3 November 1976.[2] Shortly after turning 19-years-old, he was sent on loan to American club Los Angeles Aztecs.[2]

He played in the 1979 League Cup final but Southampton lost to Nottingham Forest.[2] Hayes was never able to cement a regular first-team place, with players of the calibre of Kevin Keegan, Charlie George and Phil Boyer also in the Saints squad.[3] His last appearance for Southampton came on 3 May 1980 against Middlesbrough and he was transferred to Millwall for £50,000 in February 1981, later turning out for Northampton Town and then for Barnet in the Gola League.[4][2] His last club was Swedish side Friska Viljor.[5]

International career

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He made his solitary appearance for Republic of Ireland in a 2–0 victory over Denmark at Lansdowne Road on 2 May 1979.[6]

Death

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In December 1986, Austin Hayes died at the age of 28 from lung cancer after contracting pneumonia, just three weeks after the illness was diagnosed.[7] Earlier that year he had spent a short time playing in Sweden and had recently returned to England when he became ill.[4]

Honours

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Southampton

References

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  1. ^ "Austin Hayes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e Casey, Jamie (28 August 2016). "The fascinating life and days of Austin Hayes". The Irish Post. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  3. ^ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Hagiology Publishing. p. 342. ISBN 978-0-9926864-0-6.
  4. ^ a b Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology Publishing. p. 523. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.
  5. ^ "The tragic tale of Southampton's 1979 League Cup finalist Austin Hayes". www.unibet.co.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  6. ^ "European Championship 1980 (Details)". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Nigel's WebSpace - English Football Cards, Player death notices". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
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