Hugh Murray Lindsay (born 23 August 1938) is a former

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who played as an

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for

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in the

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held in Rome, as well as making two

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appearances for

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in 1961, making him the last amateur player to play for Southampton.

Football career

Lindsay was born in

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in west London and attended St Clement Danes Grammar School before attending the

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and then training as a teacher. He played his club football firstly with

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before joining

Kingstonian Kingstonian Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London which currently plays in the Isthmian League Premier Division. The club was founded in 1885 by YMC ...

. Whilst with Kingstonian, he continued his teacher training and after having been selected for the England amateur team, was picked for the

team for the

. Before the start of the Olympic tournament, he was signed by

of the

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on amateur terms in July 1960. In the Olympics, Lindsay played in all three

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matches in which Great Britain lost 4–3 to

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, drew 2–2 with hosts

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and defeated

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3–2, finishing third in the group and were thus eliminated. Although Lindsay had signed with Southampton in the summer of 1960, his teaching training commitments prevented him from playing for any of the "Saints" teams on a regular basis; furthermore, on most Saturdays he was required to turn out for Kingstonian. Although manager Ted Bates tried his hardest to persuade him to sign as a professional, he preferred to concentrate on his profession as a teacher. Lindsay had made one appearance for the reserves in March 1961, when he scored against

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, before Bates called him into the

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in place of the injured

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for a match against

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on 3 April. In this match, Bates' tactics were rather unusual, playing winger

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; as a result the Saints' forward line looked "''rather bewildered''" and they were lucky to gain a 1–1 draw (with the equaliser coming from a "fluky" free-kick from Tommy Traynor), although match reports show that Lindsay had the "best shot" of the game. Lindsay retained his place for the next match, a 1–0 defeat to

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before

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took over the No. 10 shirt. Lindsay continued to make occasional appearances for the reserves, with six appearances (four goals) in 1961–62 and three the following year, before disappearing from the league scene, although Southampton retained his

registration until 1965. Being an amateur, Lindsay was able to continue to play for Kingstonians, before returning to

in 1962. He remained there for eight years, before joining

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in 1970. After three years with Hampton, he returned to Kingstonian as a coach, before becoming assistant manager at Hampton. He was later the manager of

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of the

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. He became a lecturer at the

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and kept fit by turning out for

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veterans on Sundays.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindsay, Hugh 1938 births Footballers from the London Borough of Hillingdon People from Hillingdon Living people English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Kingstonian F.C. players Southampton F.C. players Wealdstone F.C. players Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C. players English Football League players Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Great Britain People educated at St. Clement Danes School Alumni of the University of London