Carl Basil Hayward was an English footballer and manager.
12 Facts About Basil Hayward
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Basil Hayward was the younger brother of Doug and Eric Hayward.
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Basil Hayward scored 55 goals in 349 league games for local league side Port Vale from 1946 to 1957, a key period in the club's history.
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Basil Hayward then spent two years with Portsmouth before becoming player-manager at Yeovil Town from 1960 to 1964.
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Basil Hayward later played for and managed Yeovil Town, at the time a non-League team.
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Basil Hayward was an extremely versatile player who was comfortable playing anywhere across the back four and up front.
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Basil Hayward was appointed manager of Yeovil Town in April 1960.
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The club's league form suffered when Basil Hayward had to sit out the second half of the campaign with a cartilage injury.
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Basil Hayward was later appointed manager of Telford United, holding the post until 1974.
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Basil Hayward went onto become chief scout at Norwich City; he then returned to Gillingham as a scout.
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Basil Hayward played county cricket for Staffordshire as a left-arm fast-medium bowler, making 22 Minor Counties Championship appearances between 1951 and 1959.
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Basil Hayward was in a relationship with Jill Beckett, sister to Roy Beckett.