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Hugh Sproat

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Hugh Sproat
Personal information
Date of birth (1952-11-16) 16 November 1952 (age 71)
Place of birth Ayr, Scotland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Auchinleck Talbot
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1979 Ayr United 128 (0)
1979–1984 Motherwell 145 (0)
1984–1986 Ayr United 61 (0)
Total 334 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hugh Sproat (born 16 November 1952) is a Scottish footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.

Sproat joined Ayr United from Auchinleck Talbot in 1974. He became a fans favourite and was voted the club's all-time cult hero by Football Focus viewers in 2005. He moved onto Motherwell in 1979 before returning to Ayr in 1984 before retiring from the game in 1986, aged 34.

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