Barry Hillier

Barry Hillier
Personnel
Surname	Barry Guy Hillier
birthday	April 8, 1936
place of birth	Redcar ,  England
date of death	December 10, 2016
Place of death	Hampshire ,  England
position	Defender (left)
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1953-1959	Southampton FC	9 (0)
circa 1955	→  Chester FC  (loan)	0 (0)
1959-1960	Poole Town
1960-1963	Dorchester Town
	Andover FC
1 Only league games are given.

Barry Guy Hillier , also Barrie Guy Hillier (born April 8, 1936 in Redcar , † December 10, 2016 in Hampshire ) was an English football player .

Career

Barry Hillier, the son of professional soccer player Joe Hillier , was born in Redcar near Middlesbrough , his father was playing at Middlesbrough FC at the time . After his career ended, Joe settled down as a pub owner in Gosport in southern England , where Barry also spent his school days. As a student, he not only stood out as a footballer, but was also a talented cricket player. In 1951 he received as the most hopeful talent from the Gosport district from the Portsmouth Evening News a cricket bat and ball signed by the South African touring team from 1951 ; previously Hillier had played for a southern English student selection against northern England. Also in 1954, at that time already under contract with Southampton FC, he was still active as a cricketer, u. a. for the Ace Cricket Club in Gosport and the Hampshire Club and Ground , the reserve team of the Hampshire County Cricket Club .

As a footballer, Hillier joined Southampton FC after finishing school . After a few games for the reserve team in the right defender position - later he held the position of left defender - his career was interrupted by serving the conscription . During this time he was stationed in Rhyl and was part of the squad of nearby Chester FC as an amateur , but did not play a competitive game for the first team. After his return, it was not until September 1957 before he made his competitive debut in the Third Division South in a 5-0 win against Queens Park Rangers . Hillier mostly came to the train when the regular left-back Tommy Traynor was out. Since Traynor was the Saints' record player by 1966 , Hillier had few opportunities to play, so he played regularly in the reserve team and was also the team captain at times.

In the summer of 1959 Hillier received after nine league games for Southampton from coach Ted Bates no further contract and then joined, as well as his teammates Pat Parker and Bryn Elliott , Poole Town . The club, which plays in the Southern League , was coached by Mike Keeping , a former Southampton player. The change also meant the end of his professional career; after a season at Poole Town, his career ended in the Western Football League at Dorchester Town and FC Andover .

Professionally, Hillier became the sales manager of a consumer goods company in east Hampshire , where he retired in 1998. Hillier remained active until old age as a golfer with a low single-digit handicap .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ barryhugmansfootballers.com: Profile Barry Hillier , accessed June 25, 2020
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} southamptonfc.com: An appreciation: Barrie Hillier (23 Dec 2016)
3. ↑ HANTS BUILDING A NEW SIDE . In: Portsmouth Evening News , October 31, 1951, p. 12.  (paid link)
4. ^ Change of Name . In: Portsmouth Evening News , July 20, 1954, p. 8.  (paid link)
5. ^ Gosport Hold Club and Ground to Draw . In: Portsmouth Evening News , August 9, 1952, p. 8.  (paid link)
6. ^ ^{A b} Gary Chalk, Duncan Holley, David Bull: All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC . Hagiology Publishing, Southampton 2013, ISBN 978-0-9926864-0-6 , pp. 346 .