Austin Hayes
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Austin Hayes
| image =
| fullname = Austin William Patrick Hayes{{Hugman|8591|accessdate=14 May 2015}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1958|7|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hammersmith, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1986|12|3|1958|7|15|df=y}}
| death_place = Hammersmith, England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}
| position = Left winger
| youthyears1 = 1974–1976
| youthclubs1 = Southampton
| years1 = 1976–1981
| clubs1 = Southampton
| caps1 = 32
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 1978
| clubs2 = → Los Angeles Aztecs (loan)
| caps2 = 22
| goals2 = 4
| years3 = 1981–1983
| clubs3 = Millwall
| caps3 = 47
| goals3 = 5
| years4 = 1983–1985
| clubs4 = Northampton Town
| caps4 = 64
| goals4 = 14
| years5 = 1985
| clubs5 = → Barnet (loan)
| caps5 = ?
| goals5 = 2
| years6 = 1986
| clubs6 = Friska Viljor
| caps6 = 21
| goals6 = 3
| totalcaps = 186
| totalgoals = 33
| manageryears1 =
| managerclubs1 =
| nationalyears1 = 1978–1980
| nationalteam1 = Republic of Ireland U21
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1979
| nationalteam2 = Republic of Ireland
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
}}
Austin William Patrick Hayes (15 July 1958 – 3 December 1986) was an English-born professional footballer of Irish descent who played as a left winger. He was a member of the Southampton team that were runners-up in the 1979 League Cup final.
Hayes played once as a full international for the Republic of Ireland national team in 1979.
Early life
Hayes was born in Hammersmith, London, to Irish parents in 1958 and was raised in Chiswick.
Club career
Hayes began his professional career as a left winger at Southampton in 1976. He scored twice on his debut in a European Cup Winners' Cup tie at home to Carrick Rangers on 3 November 1976. Shortly after turning 19-years-old, he was sent on loan to American club Los Angeles Aztecs.
He played in the 1979 League Cup final but Southampton lost to Nottingham Forest.{{Cite web |last=Casey |first=Jamie |date=28 August 2016 |title=The fascinating life and days of Austin Hayes |url=https://www.irishpost.com/sport/the-fascinating-life-and-days-of-austin-hayes-99235 |access-date=18 November 2023 |website=The Irish Post}} Hayes was never able to cement a regular first-team place, with players of the calibre of Kevin Keegan, Charlie George and Phil Boyer also in the Saints squad.{{Cite book |last=Chalk |first=Gary |title=All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC |last2=Holley |first2=Duncan |last3=Bull |first3=David |publisher=Hagiology Publishing |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-9926864-0-6 |pages=342 |language=en}} His last appearance for Southampton came on 3 May 1980 against Middlesbrough and he was transferred to Millwall for £50,000 in February 1981, later turning out for Northampton Town and then for Barnet in the Gola League.{{cite book| title=In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC |last= Holley |first= Duncan |author2=Chalk, Gary |publisher=Hagiology Publishing | year=2003 | isbn=0-9534474-3-X|page=523}} His last club was Swedish side Friska Viljor.{{Cite web |title=The tragic tale of Southampton's 1979 League Cup finalist Austin Hayes |url=https://www.unibet.co.uk/blog/football/league-cup/the-tragic-tale-of-southamptons-1979-league-cup-finalist-austin-hayes-1.919593 |access-date=21 July 2021 |website=www.unibet.co.uk |language=en}}
International career
He made his solitary appearance for Republic of Ireland in a 2–0 victory over Denmark at Lansdowne Road on 2 May 1979.{{Cite web |title=European Championship 1980 (Details) |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/80e-fulldet.html |access-date=18 November 2023 |website=www.rsssf.org}}
Death
In December 1986, Austin Hayes died at the age of 28 from lung cancer after contracting pneumonia, just three weeks after the illness was diagnosed.{{cite web |title=Nigel's WebSpace - English Football Cards, Player death notices |url=http://cards.littleoak.com.au/rip.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928031721/http://cards.littleoak.com.au/rip.html |archivedate=28 September 2007 |accessdate=25 August 2007}} Earlier that year he had spent a short time playing in Sweden and had recently returned to England when he became ill.
Honours
Southampton
- League Cup runners-up: 1978–79
References
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External links
- [http://soccerscene.ie/sssenior/player.php?id=437 Republic of Ireland profile]
- [http://www.limerickcity.ie/Library/LocalStudies/LocalStudiesFiles/S/Soccerplayers/ Austin Hayes in 'Soccer Players' file at Limerick City Library, Ireland]
- [http://soccerstats.us/bios/austin-hayes/ NASL Record]
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Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
Category:Southampton F.C. players
Category:Millwall F.C. players
Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Category:People from Hammersmith
Category:Deaths from lung cancer in England
Category:Republic of Ireland men's international footballers
Category:Republic of Ireland men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Northampton Town F.C. players
Category:Los Angeles Aztecs players
Category:English Football League players