George Hay was a Scottish

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who played as a

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. Hay joined Third Lanark in 1934 from

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team Newtongrange Star where he won the Edinburgh & District League in 1932–33, scoring 36 times in all competitions. In his first full campaign at senior level he set the ''Thirds'' club record for goals in a season with 47 overall (two in the

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) in 1934–35, helping the

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club win the lower tier title and regain top flight status at the first time of asking.Hay George Image 1 Third Lanark 1936
Vintage Footballers The following season he represented the

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in their annual challenge match against

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, and scored six times in Third Lanark's run to the 1936 Scottish Cup Final, but drew a blank on the day as his side went down 1–0 to

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.Rangers Retain Scottish Cup
The Glasgow Herald, 20 April 1936 He moved on from

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in 1937 to sign for Queen of the South where he played for two seasons, missing only two matches in 1938–39 as the ''Doonhamers'' finished 6th in Division One. He remained contracted to the

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club after

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broke out and effectively ended his professional career; during the conflict he made guest appearances for St Bernard's and Heart of Midlothian.(Hearts player) George Hay
London Hearts Supporters Club

References

Year of birth missing Year of death missing Scottish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Footballers from Edinburgh Newtongrange Star F.C. players Third Lanark A.C. players East Fife F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players St Bernard's F.C. wartime guest players Heart of Midlothian F.C. wartime guest players Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish Football League players 20th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-forward-1910s-stub