Ray Hiron

{{Short description|English footballer (1943–2020)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ray Hiron

| fullname = Raymond Michael Charles Hiron{{Hugman|9065|accessdate=18 October 2016}}

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1943|7|22}}

| birth_place = Gosport, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|4|5|1943|7|22|df=y}}

| height =

| position = Forward

| years1 = | clubs1 = Fareham Town | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1964–1975 | clubs2 = Portsmouth | caps2 = 330 | goals2 = 110

| years3 = 1975–1978 | clubs3 = Reading | caps3 = 92 | goals3 = 14

| years4 = | clubs4 = Fareham Town | caps4 = | goals4 =

| totalcaps = 422 | totalgoals = 124

}}

Raymond Michael Charles Hiron (22 July 1943 – 5 April 2020) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Portsmouth and Reading and in non-league football for Fareham Town.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/rayhiron.html |title=Ray Hiron |website=Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=18 October 2016}}

Hiron died on 5 April 2020, at the age of 76.{{cite news|last1=Allen|first1=Neil|title=Portsmouth mourn the passing of Hall of Famer and goal-scoring great Ray Hiron|url=https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/portsmouth-mourn-passing-hall-famer-and-goal-scoring-great-ray-hiron-2530482|work=The Portsmouth News|date=6 March 2020}}{{cite web|title=Pompey Mourn Ray Hiron|url=https://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/2020/april/pompey-mourn-ray-hiron/|website=Portsmouth F.C.|date=6 April 2020}}