Ken Hale

Ken Hale

Ken Hale

Midfielder
Place Of Birth Blyth, Northumberland
Date Of Birth 18 September 1939
Date Of Death 5 January 2015 (75)
Last Win 20 November 1965 22243days ago
Last Loss 19 February 1966 22152days ago
Statistics
Games Played
111
-
Per Game
Games Started
110
1.0
Per Game
Substituted In
1
0.01
Per Game
Minutes
9990
90.0
Per Game
Goals
33
0.3
Per Game
Goal From Penalty
3
0.03
Per Game
Assists
0
0
Per Game
Cards (All)
0
0
Per Game
BioStatsMatchesTeammates

Hale spent six years at Newcastle United without becoming a regular first teamer and in December 1962 Jimmy Hill paid £10,000 to bring him to Coventry. A short, blond, stocky schemer, he was a regular in the City team which won the Third Division championship in 1964 and in 3 ½ years at Highfield Road scored 33 goals in 111 appearances.
In early 1966 he lost his place to Ray Pointer and joined Oxford United for £5,000 where he helped them to promotion in 1968 alongside Ron Atkinson. He later played for Darlington and Halifax and was manager of Hartlepool between 1974 and 1976. He lived in Sunderland for many years and ran a newsagent in the town for many years and also worked for the NHS in the medical records department. He has fond memories of the team at Coventry and says, “Had George Hudson blossomed a couple of years earlier he would have made it in Division 1, he was such a talented player”.

Penalties (3 - all scored)
1962-63
22 May 1963 v Queens Park Rangers A, Division Three, scored (keeper Peter Springett)
1964-65
7 November 1964 v Leyton Orient H, Division Two, scored (keeper Mike Pinner)
16 January 1965 v Newcastle United H, Division Two, scored (keeper Gordon Marshall)