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Hugh Baird Vallance (14 June 1905 – 19 June 1973) was a much-travelled English professional association football centre-forward.


Career

Vallance was born in
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, England. After serving in the army as a guardsman, he began his football career with
Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team compete in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. Formed in ...
. He moved to
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in 1927, but left to join Queens Park Rangers without having broken into the first team. He made just one appearance for Rangers before moving to Brighton & Hove Albion in the spring of 1929. He was given his chance by Brighton manager
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and soon established himself in the Brighton attack alongside
Dan Kirkwood Daniel Kirkwood (24 December 1900 – 20 October 1977) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Rangers and scored 76 goals from 205 appearances in the Football League playing for Sheffield Wednesday, Bright ...
. In the 1929–30 season, Vallance scored four
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s before the end of the year. By the end of the season, Vallance had scored 30 league goals in 37 games, while his strike partner Kirkwood had netted 38 in 40. The following season, Vallance scored twice in the first seven games before his Brighton contract was terminated for a "serious misdemeanour" at the same time as that of
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international Jack Curran. He joined
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and within six months went to Evesham Town and
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before returning to the
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with Gillingham. Despite 7 goals in 13 league games he was released and rejoined Kidderminster Harriers. His next move was to France and Nîmes Olympique, from where he moved to
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. From Switzerland he moved to the less exotic
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before returning to Gillingham. After 3 goals in 5 league games, Vallance moved to
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and subsequently played for Cork City before ending his career with Evesham Town. After leaving professional football Vallance served in the
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. Vallance died in
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in 1973.


References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vallance, Hugh 1905 births 1973 deaths Date of death missing Footballers from Wolverhampton English men's footballers Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players Aston Villa F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players Worcester City F.C. players Nîmes Olympique players Military personnel from Wolverhampton Royal Air Force airmen FC Basel players Brierley Hill Alliance F.C. players Racing Club de France Football players English Football League players League of Ireland players Ligue 1 players English expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Tunbridge Wells F.C. players Evesham Town F.C. players Cork City F.C. (1938–1940) players Men's association football forwards British Army soldiers 20th-century Royal Air Force personnel 20th-century British Army personnel