Alan Hinton

Infobox Football biography
playername = Alan Hinton


fullname = Alan Thomas Hinton
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1942|10|6
cityofbirth = Wednesbury
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
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nickname = Gladys
currentclub = Retired
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position = Left Wing
youthyears =
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years = 1961-63
1963-1967
1967-1975
1977
1978
clubs =Wolverhampton
Nottingham Forest
Derby County
Dallas Tornado
Vancouver Whitecaps (NASL)
caps(goals) = 75 (29)
112 (24)
253 (63)
24 (4 + 11 assists)
29 (1 + 30 assists)
manageryears = 1979
1980-1982
1984
1985-1990
1994
managerclubs = Tulsa Roughnecks
Seattle Sounders (NASL)
Vancouver Whitecaps (NASL)
Tacoma Stars
Seattle Sounders (USL)
nationalyears = 1964
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) = 2 (0)
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Alan Thomas Hinton (born October 6, 1942 in Wednesbury, England) is a former English footballer most notably playing for Derby County and Nottingham Forest in the 1960s. He also famously wore white football boots. Hinton played in the outside left position, scoring regularly.

Hinton started his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, signing in 1959. He scored 29 goals from 75 games in the 1961-63 seasons, which prompted Nottingham Forest to buy him. He appeared 112 times for Forest, scoring 24 times in 4 seasons at Nottingham. Brian Clough then displayed an interest of signing Hinton for his Derby County (local rivals of Forest) Clough got his man for £30,000 in 1967 and Hinton went on to entertain Derby fans for 8 seasons, in which he played 253 games and scored 63 times.

Hinton, like a lot of footballers of the time, moved his career over to America. There was a lot of attraction to play in the American leagues at the time, money and stardom being two key factors. Hinton first played for the Dallas Tornado for a season, before moving to the Vancouver Whitecaps, where he ended his playing career and moved into coaching. Having settled in America, Hinton managed only American teams, his biggest successes were with the Seattle Sounders (66 games, 45 wins) and later on the Tacoma Stars (87 games, 69 wins).

Hinton was only ever capped by England twice, in a 2-2 draw with Belgium and a 2-1 win over Wales, both in 1964.

Hinton now works as an estate agent in America, after being involved in efforts to takethe 1994 FIFA World Cup to America.fact|date=June 2007 He is the uncle of Craig Hinton