Tony Hateley

[Legion]

Passed away this morning, aged 72.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Shit. My first Villa hero. Thanks for some great memories Tony.

[eastie]

A sad loss - condolences to all who knew him - great header of the ball by all accounts .

[cdbearsfan]

RIP.

[David_Nab]

R.I.P

[PeterWithesShin]

RIP

[SoccerHQ]

R.I.P. Only 72? Mark Hateley must be in his late 50s now?!

[Whiney MacWhineface]

A sad loss - condolences to all who knew him - great header of the ball by all accounts .

Not just a header of the ball. In the 2-6 defeat by Chelsea, we were down 0-4 at half time and we got two back after the break, including a terrific right-foot shot from outside the box by Hateley. Gave us hope (for about  a minute). Sadly I can only find the Chelsea goals from that day (and if you think our defending is bad these days...).

Dave did an interview with him a couple of years back.

[The Left Side]

RIP

[BC54 VFC]

R.I.P.; Just like RR No. 62 he was my first Villa hero, scoring 3 goals in my first two games, on 16th and 30th April, 1966.

[Ron Manager]

The greatest header of a football I ever saw. My condolences to Mark and the rest of Big Tone's family.

[ktvillan]

I can just about remember him leaving us, but my bruv loved him so much that to my disgust he very briefly changed allegiance to Chelsea and then Liverpool when Tony left us for them.  Can't believe he left us in 1966, man I feel old.  RIP big man.

[dave.woodhall]

Met him a couple of times. A lovely man.

[pauliewalnuts]

R.I.P. Only 72? Mark Hateley must be in his late 50s now?!

Late 50s? Hardly. In his pomp late 80s, early 90s.

[adrenachrome]

R.I.P. Only 72? Mark Hateley must be in his late 50s now?!

Late 50s? Hardly. In his pomp late 80s, early 90s.

 ... born 7 November 1961. (wiki)