Hugh Lafferty (16 November 1901 – 24 December 1970) was a Scottish
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
half back who played professionally in Scotland, England and the United States.
Lafferty spent time with teams in both Scotland (
St Johnstone
St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland which is a member of the Scottish Premiership for the 2022–23 season. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun ''aka'' Saint Johnstoun – an old ...
) and England (
Fulham
Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth ...
), who later progressed to their countries' respective top divisions, before moving to the United States in 1929 to join the
New York Nationals of the
American Soccer League. In 1930, the Nationals were renamed the Giants and Lafferty played for them through the 1931 season.
Hugh Lafferty
SoccerStats.us He was married with three children and retired to Kilsyth
Kilsyth (; Scottish Gaelic ''Cill Saidhe'') is a town and civil parish in North Lanarkshire, roughly halfway between Glasgow and Stirling in Scotland. The estimated population is 9,860. The town is famous for the Battle of Kilsyth and the relig ...
in Scotland.
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American Soccer League (1921–1933) players
Fulham F.C. players
King's Park F.C. players
New York Nationals (ASL) players
New York Giants (soccer, 1930–1932) players
Scottish men's footballers
Scottish expatriate men's footballers
St Johnstone F.C. players
1901 births
1970 deaths
English Football League players
Scottish Football League players
Men's association football wing halves
Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
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