Hugh Sproat (born 16 November 1952) is a Scottish footballer, who played as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

. Sproat joined

Ayr United Ayr United Football Club are a football club in Ayr, Scotland, who play in the , the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League. Formed in 1910 by the merger of Ayr Parkhouse and Ayr F.C., their nickname is The Honest Men, fro ...

from Auchinleck Talbot in 1974. He became a fans favourite and was voted the club's all-time cult hero by Football Focus viewers in 2005. He moved onto

Motherwell Motherwell (, ) is a List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Shires of Scotland, Historically in the p ...

in 1979 before returning to Ayr in 1984 before retiring from the game in 1986, aged 34.

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All-Time Cult Heroes (BBC)
1952 births Living people Footballers from Ayr Scottish men's footballers Scottish Football League players Men's association football goalkeepers Ayr United F.C. players Motherwell F.C. players Auchinleck Talbot F.C. players {{Scotland-footy-goalkeeper-stub