Hugh Lafferty
Scottish footballer
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| Intro | Scottish footballer | ||||
| Places | United Kingdom Scotland | ||||
| was | Athlete Football player Association football player | ||||
| Work field | Sports | ||||
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| Birth | 16 November 1901, Glasgow, United Kingdom | ||||
| Death | 24 December 1970Glasgow, United Kingdom (aged 69 years) | ||||
| Star sign | Scorpio | ||||
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Hugh Lafferty (1901-1970) was a Scottish association football half back who played professionally in Scotland, England and the United States.
Lafferty spent time with teams in both Scotland (St Johnstone) and England (Fulham), who later progressed to their countries respective Premier Leagues, 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. He was married with three children and retired to Kilsyth in Scotland.
He came from a footballing family, his great-uncle Pat Lafferty having played for Rangers in 1886, becoming the first Catholic player to do so.