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Hugh Flack
Personal information
Full name Hugh David Flack
Date of birth (1903-04-26)26 April 1903
Place of birth Belfast, Ireland
Date of death 18 June 1986(1986-06-18) (aged 83)
Position Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1922–1927 Crusaders
1927–1929 Burnley 3 (0)
1929–1930 Swansea Town 0 (0)
1930–1932 Distillery
1932–1934 Halifax Town 74 (0)
1932–1934 Portadon
International career
1929 Ireland 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hugh David Flack (26 April 1903 – 18 June 1986) was an Irish professional footballer who played as a full back. He played for a number of teams in Ireland and England and won one cap for the Ireland national team.

Early life

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Flack was born in Belfast on 26 April 1903.[1]

Before turning professional in 1924, Flack made a living a shipyard worker in Belfast. He continued to work on the shipyard until he moved to England in 1927.[2][3]

Club career

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Flack began his career playing at Intermediate level for Linfield Rangers in 1922.[4] Later that year, he joined Crusaders.[5] He took part in the 1922 Steel & Sons Cup final which Crusaders won 3–1 after 20 minutes of extra time in a second replay against Bangor.[6] In a successful spell at Crusaders, Flack helped the team to the Intermediate League title in 1922–23,[7] the Steel & Sons cup and Intermediate Cup in 1926.[8][9]

In 1927, Flack made the move to England to play in the Football League when he signed for Burnley.[1] In his first season, he was limited to playing in the reserves[10] but was promoted to the first team in February 1929 and made his first team debut in the Football League First Division a 0–0 draw with Bury on 18 February.[11][12] Flack made two more appearances for Burnley before he was sold to Football League Second Division side Swansea Town for £500 in May 1929.[1][13]

Flack did not make a first team appearance for Swansea Town and was placed on the transfer list in December 1929. His contract was not renewed at the end of the season.[14][15]

He returned to Belfast in 1930 and joined Distillery where he helped the team win the Belfast Charity Cup in May 1931.[16]

Flack returned to English football in October 1932 when he joined Halifax Town on trial. He quickly impressed and, after a temporary extension of the trial period, he was signed permanently by the Football League Third Division North club at the beginning of December.[17][18]

International career

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Flack made his only appearance for Ireland in a 7–3 defeat to Scotland on 23 February 1929 at Windsor Park, Belfast.[19][20]

Death

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Flack died on 18 June 1986.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Simpson, Ray; Chadwick, Wallace (2018). The Complete Clarets Collection 1882–2018 – A complete who's who of Burnley Football Club. Burnley: Burnley Football Club. p. 21. ISBN 978-0955746826.
  2. ^ "ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL". Northern Whig: 3. 22 July 1924. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "FLACK'S SUDDEN RISE TO FAME". Burnley Express: 4. 23 February 1929. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Junior Football Notes. A Serious Complaint". Northern Whig: 3. 11 April 1922. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Ulster Football Notes. Steel & Son's Final". Belfast Telegraph: 2. 20 November 1922. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Association Football. Steel & Sons' Cup Final". Northern Whig: 5. 4 April 1923. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Crusaders Club". Northern Whig: 8. 9 July 1923. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Steel & Sons' Cup Final". Belfast News-Letter: 5. 27 December 1926. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Crusaders' Double. Intermediate Cup Final". Belfast Telegraph: 3. 30 December 1926. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "The Reserve Team". Burnley Express: 2. 9 May 1928. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Bury Bustle Earns Point". Burnley Express: 6. 20 February 1929. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ "Burnley's Lucky Escape". Burnley News: 2. 20 February 1929. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ "Players Transferred". Burnley Express: 6. 8 May 1929. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ^ "Swansea Players On Transfer List". Western Daily Press: 3. 5 December 1929. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. ^ "Swansea Players". Western Mail: 6. 2 May 1930. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ^ "Distillery Make a Great Pull-out". Northern Whig: 3. 18 May 1931. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  17. ^ "On Trial With Halifax Town". Portadown News: 17. 5 October 1932. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  18. ^ "Sports Snaps". Hull Daily Mail: 15. 2 December 1932. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. ^ Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (8 January 2023). "Scotland - International Matches 1921-1930". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  20. ^ "Hugh Flack". Northern Ireland Footballing Greats. Retrieved 13 April 2025.