Tony Hateley

[Bernie]

RIP. The first Villa player I was really aware of

[Ron Manager]

Big Tone scored four goals to drag us back to 5-5 at White Hart Lane in 1966(I think). There is footage of it on the net somewhere.

[not3bad]

RIP

[Woofles The Wonder Dog]

I couldn't find a single Villa hate let goal out there. Even the Chelsea highlights only have their goals. We were so rarely on the box. I remember being so thrilled when I got to that game and saw the cameras...

[adrenachrome]

He was a massive hero of mine even though I never saw play for us. I remember feeling quite depressed when I was told that we had sold him for a record breaking transfer fee.

My first game at VP was 27 DEc 1966 v Sunderland. This is the team that played (note: no centre forward)

Colin Withers
Right back Mick Wright
Defender Keith Bradley
Left back Charlie Aitken
Centre half John Sleeuwenhoek
Midfielder Bobby Park
Midfielder Lew Chatterley
Wing half Dave Pountney
Outside right Johnny MacLeod
Winger Tony Scott
Inside forward Peter Broadbent

[manic-road]

RIP Tony

[nigel]

Sad news.

[Woofles The Wonder Dog]

He was a massive hero of mine even though I never saw play for us. I remember feeling quite depressed when I was told that we had sold him for a record breaking transfer fee.

My first game at VP was 27 DEc 1966 v Sunderland. This is the team that played (note: no centre forward)

Colin Withers
Right back Mick Wright
Defender Keith Bradley
Left back Charlie Aitken
Centre half John Sleeuwenhoek
Midfielder Bobby Park
Midfielder Lew Chatterley
Wing half Dave Pountney
Outside right Johnny MacLeod
Winger Tony Scott
Inside forward Peter Broadbent

Chatterley, normally a centre-half ,was centre-forward around that time.

[Dave Clark Five]

He broke George Curtis' nose in the game at Meadow Lane but George stayed on.

[adrenachrome]

Good photo in the Mail. I still have that shirt.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

One of my first Villa heroes.
Every time the ball was launched into the box you always knew he would win it, inevitably creating trouble for the opposition and/or going close to scoring/scoring!
At 8/9 years of age it never crossed my mind we were a bit shit - all of the players were my heroes but big Tone was the Top Man!
Met son Mark some years later at some publicity thing when he was with Cov - bit embarrassed later that I hogged him and all we did was talk about his dad!
Devastated when he left us. I was about 10/11.
RIP

[Lizz]

Sad news. 72 doesn't even seem that old to me now.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Funny innit?
I know Mark played quite a few games for England but I always considered him nowhere near as good as his dad!
That's Villa bias for you I suppose, but big Tone was a legend to this very young Villa fan, and still is.
My older sister loved him too, 'cos he was dead good looking, apparently.
Very fond memories of the days that got me hooked to going down The Villa, Villa Park, Saturday afternoons, Claret and Blue, Bovril and living in the kind of hope that football fans don't really have these days.
1980/1/2 was only 15 years or so away!
UTV!

[PaulWinch again]

RIP, like Lizz says 72 doesn't seem too old these days.

[dave.woodhall]

For some reason he was never truly appreciated by our fans. "If he scored two we'd complain he hadn't got three" was one comment.