| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Henry Anthony Hood[1][2] | ||
| Date of birth | (1944-10-03)3 October 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 26 May 2019(2019-05-26) (aged 74) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| St Roch's | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1964 | Clyde | 63 | (40) |
| 1964–1966 | Sunderland | 31 | (9) |
| 1966–1969 | Clyde | 87 | (30) |
| 1969–1976 | Celtic | 312 | (123) |
| 1976 | San Antonio Thunder | 20 | (10) |
| 1976–1977 | Motherwell | 15 | (0) |
| 1977–1978 | Queen of the South | 32 | (4) |
| Total | 436 | (166) | |
| International career | |||
| 1967 | Scotland[3] | 3 | (0) |
| 1970 | Scottish League XI[4] | 1 | (0) |
| 1968 | Scotland U23[5] | 1 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1981 | Albion Rovers | ||
| 1981–1982 | Queen of the South | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Henry Anthony Hood (3 October 1944 – 26 May 2019) was a Scottishfootball player andmanager.
Aforward noted for his skill,[2][6][7] he played forClyde (two spells),Celtic,Motherwell andQueen of the South in Scotland,Sunderland in England andSan Antonio Thunderin the United States. He won eleven domestic honours with Celtic.[6][8] He later managedAlbion Rovers and Queen of the South, and was a businessman involved in the hospitality sector.
Born inGlasgow and raised in the city'sGarthamlock neighbourhood,[2] Hood's older brotherJackie was also a footballer[9] who won theLiverpool Senior Cup while a reserve player atEverton[10] but had returned to Scotland and localJunior clubSt Roch's by the time his younger sibling was starting his career. Harry Hood initially attended school atSt Aloysius' College whererugby union was the chosen sport.[9][2] Seeking a schoolboy appearance for Scotland, he moved toHolyrood Secondary School but was overlooked for the national schoolboy squad as he had already registered as a senior player at St Roch's.[9]
In summer 1962 he signed forClyde, making hisScottish Division One debut in November of that year, aged 18.[11] Clyde were relegated to the second tier, but in the lower division Hood flourished, scoring 37 times from 45 appearances in all competitions during the1963–64 season as the club gained promotion.[11] This good form continued into the next campaign and, after hesitating over a move toCeltic, the team he had supported in childhood,[9] he was transferred to English clubSunderland for a fee of £30,000 in November 1964.[11] In an early outing for theRoker Park club, Hood scored the only goal of the match againstManchester United.[8] Hood missed the entire1965–66 season because he pulled a doublehernia inpre-season,[12] and after his recovery, he was in a group of players frozen out by managerIan McColl.[12] Overall his spell in England was not particularly successful and in October 1966 he returned to Clyde for £13,000. The1966–67 Scottish Division One season proved to be one of the best in the club's history as they finished in 3rd position, behind onlyEuropean Cup winnersCeltic andEuropean Cup Winners' Cup finalistsRangers.[8]
Hood signed for Celtic in March 1969 for a £40,000 transfer fee,[8] and quickly established himself in a talented group managed byJock Stein including the Europe-conqueringLisbon Lions and the emerging highly rated youth players such asKenny Dalglish dubbed theQuality Street Gang.[7][6] After playing a part in the team's run to the1970 European Cup Final,[13] he was not selected for the match inMilan as Celtic lost toFeyenoord. He scored the winning goal against Rangers in the1971 Scottish Cup Final replay as Celtic won 2–1, and also scored the first goal in the1974 Scottish Cup Final, a 3–0 victory overDundee United.[13]
With Celtic, Hood won sixScottish league championships, threeScottish Cups and twoScottish League Cups;[7] He scored 123 goals in all major competitions for the club. His presence onto the field atParkhead was often greeted with a'Hare Krishna' chant.[2] Hood scored a hat-trick in anOld Firm game against Rangers in 1973,[14] a feat that was not repeated untilMoussa Dembélé achieved it in 2016.[14][15]
Hood left Celtic in 1976 and, after short spells withSan Antonio Thunder in theNASL[8] andMotherwell, ended his playing career withDumfries clubQueen of the South in season 1977–78.[2] After a spell managingAlbion Rovers, Hood returned toQueens in the summer of 1981 as manager, just after the club had been promoted to theFirst Division.[16]
In the 1967 close season Hood was a member of an unofficialScotland national team which travelled to destinations including Israel, Australia and Canada, winning every match.[3] For many years the tour matches were not recognised as full internationals by theScottish Football Association as full internationals, even though their opponentsIsrael andAustralia did.[17][18][19] ABBC Sport article in June 2020 identified him as one of the best Scottish players to have never played a full international.[20] The SFA announced in October 2021 that some of the tour matches would be reclassified as full internationals[21] which meant that Hood was posthumously awarded an international cap.[21] – some match reports also credit him with a goal (against Israel) which is elsewhere assigned toAlex Ferguson.[22]
After his retirement from football, Hood ran a company (namedLisini, incorporating the names of his three children)[2] which owned and ran several public houses and restaurants in theGreater Glasgow area.[23][6] In 2012, he was inducted into the Clyde FC Hall of Fame.[8]
After a battle with cancer, Hood died around 6:30am on 26 May 2019, aged 74.[6]
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