| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hugh Shaw | ||
| Date of birth | 1 April 1896[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Clydebank, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | August 16, 1976(1976-08-16) (aged 80)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Position | Half-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Clydebank Juniors | |||
| 1918–1926[3] | Hibernian | 235 | (15) |
| 1926–1927[4] | Rangers | 36 | (2) |
| 1927–1930[2] | Heart of Midlothian | 57 | (4) |
| 1930–1932 | East Fife | 29 | (1) |
| 1932 | Leith Athletic | 3 | (0) |
| Elgin City | |||
| Total | 360 | (23) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1948–1961[5] | Hibernian | ||
| 1961–1962[6] | Raith Rovers | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Hugh Shaw (1 April 1896 – 16 August 1976) was a Scottishfootball player andmanager. He played as ahalf-back forHibernian,Rangers,Heart of Midlothian,East Fife andLeith Athletic in theScottish Football League, winning a Scottish league championship with Rangers in 1927. After retiring as a player he became a coach with Hibernian, assisting managerWillie McCartney. Shaw became Hibs manager in 1948, and guided the team to league championships in 1948, 1951 and 1952. Shaw managed Hibs until 1961, and then had a brief spell asRaith Rovers manager.
Shaw played during theinterwar period, making his debut for Hibernian during the 1918–19 season. He played as a lefthalf-back in the Hibs side that reached theScottish Cup finals of1923 and1924, losing toCeltic andAirdrie respectively.[7]
Shaw left Hibs in 1926 to play forRangers.[8] He played in 36 league games in1926–27 as Rangers won theScottish league championship, but then moved toHearts.[9] Shaw played in a Hearts team that threatened to challenge for the league championship in1928, but eventually finished fourth.[9] He later played forEast Fife,Leith Athletic andElgin City.[8][10]
Shaw was hired as Hibs'trainer byWillie McCartney in 1936, after McCartney had been appointedmanager. Hibs had fallen on hard times in the early 1930s, having suffered relegation for the first time in1931 and then struggling to regain and retain Division One status. Through the late 1930s and theSecond World War, McCartney built the great Hibs side that would largely dominate Scottish football in the late 1940s and early 1950s. With Hibs on top of the league midway through the1947–48 season, however, McCartney collapsed during aScottish Cup match and died later that night.[11][12] AlthoughMatt Busby was linked with the job, Shaw was appointed as manager within the week, as Hibs faced a match against their main challengers, Rangers.[11] Hibs won that match 1–0 with a goal in the last minute and went on to win the league championship.[13]
Shaw completed theFamous Five forward line by introducingBobby Johnstone to the team in 1948, with all five playing together for the first time on 21 April 1949.[12][14] He guided the team to further league championships in1951 and1952,[13] while also narrowly missing out in1950 and1953. The team also entered the firstEuropean Cup competition in1955–56, reaching the semi-final.
The forward line was broken by the sale of Bobby Johnstone toManchester City in 1955, and the remaining players were starting to age.[15] Hibs continued to do well inreserve team football, but many of those players failed to impress in the first team, with the brilliant exception ofJoe Baker.[15] Shaw took some of the blame for the failure to replace the great side,[15] and he resigned in November 1961 following a bad start to the 1961–62 season.[16] He then had a brief spell asRaith Rovers manager.[16]
Shaw died in 1976.[8] In 2003, theSunday Herald newspaper listed Shaw as 31st in their list of the 50 greatest Scottish football managers, noting his "sense and man-management skills".[17]
As player
As manager
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