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Hugh Flack

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Hugh Flack
Personal information
Full name Hugh David Flack
Date of birth 26 April 1903
Place of birth Belfast, Ireland
Date of death 18 June 1986
Position(s) 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 Intermdiate 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.
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