Juán Enrique Hayes

Football player infobox
playername = Harry Hayes


fullname = Juán Enrique Hayes
height =
nickname = Harry, El Maestro, El Ingles
dateofbirth = January 20 1891
cityofbirth = Rosario
countryofbirth = Argentina
dateofdeath = July 25 1976 (aged 85)
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Striker
youthyears = 1906
youthclubs = Gimnasia y Esgrima de Rosario
years = 1907-1926
clubs = Rosario Central
caps(goals) = ? (?)
nationalyears = 1910-1919
nationalteam = Argentina
nationalcaps(goals) = 21 (8)
pcupdate = 30 November 2007

Harry Hayes (January 20 1891 - July 25 1976) was an Argentine footballer. He played for Rosario Central and the Argentina national football team.

Biography

Harry Hayes was the son of English immigrants who had travelled over to Argentina on a coal ship. He was born in the Arroyito district of Rosario in 1891. As a child he attended games at the "Central Argentine Railway Cricket and Football Club" (Rosario Central) and dreamed of becoming a footballer [ [http://laseleccionargenta.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html La Seleccion Argentina 2007] ] .

In 1906 he played a game for Gimnasia y Esgrima de Rosario against Newell's Old Boys, for the benefit of Rosario Central. In 1907 he made his debut for Central, the club he would play for until his retirement in 1926.

During his time with Rosario Central the club won seven local leagues and five national cups.

In 1910 Hayes made his debut for Argentina, in the unofficial South American Championship in 1910 [ [http://www.jenskleemann.de/wissen.php4?p=c/co/copa_ama_rica_1910.html Copa America 1910 de icon] ] he went on to play 21 games for his country, scoring 8 goals. He was part of the Argentina squad for the Copa América in 1916 [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tables/16safull.html rsssf Copa America 1916] ] .

Hayes' brother Ennis also played for Rosario Central and Argentina, and his son Enrique Ricardo (also commonly called Harry) played for Rosario Central in the 1930s and 40s.

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