Warren Robert Hawke (born 20 September 1970) is an English former

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who played for

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Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the . The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Greenock Morton in 1994 to celebr ...

and Queen of the South. Although he never started more than three games in a season during his time at

he is remembered for playing in the 2-0 play-off semi-final win at

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in 1990, while one of his 19 substitute appearances was in the 1992 FA Cup Final.

Post football

Since retiring from football, Hawke has taken up endurance events and bespoke challenges. Completing the

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on 7 August 2011 and Copenhagen 2016 both sub 12 hours . He also swam the full length (24 miles) of Loch Lomond in 2014 and completed numerous one and multi day cycling challenges. Hawke took up the post of consultant for club development at his former club

in January 2012. In June 2015, Hawke was co-opted onto the club's board of directors. On 9 January 2017, Hawke was appointed

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of Morton, replacing Gillian Donaldson who previously held the role. He was appointed director at SPFL in 2017 as the Championship representative Resigning from Greenock Morton in 2019 he has now set up his own company Strenua Ltd who deliver sports consultancy services to clubs, charities and individuals.

Family

Hawke's son

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(born 1993) also played for Morton as a forward. He also has two daughters named Ruby and Leni

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1970 births Living people Footballers from Durham, England English men's footballers Sunderland A.F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Raith Rovers F.C. players Scarborough F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Berwick Rangers F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Men's association football forwards Greenock Morton F.C. non-playing staff Directors of football clubs in Scotland English Football League players {{England-footy-forward-1970s-stub