Basil Hayward
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carl Basil Hayward | ||
| Date of birth | 7 April 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Leek, Staffordshire, England | ||
| Date of death | 9 December 1989 (aged 61) | ||
| Place of death | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Playing position | Centre-half / left-back / centre-forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Northwood Mission | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946–1958 | Port Vale | 349 | (55) |
| 1958–1960 | Portsmouth | 44 | (4) |
| 1960–1964 | Yeovil Town | ? | (?) |
| Total | 393+ | (59+) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1960–1964 | Yeovil Town | ||
| 1964–1966 | Bedford Town | ||
| 1966–1971 | Gillingham | ||
| 1971–1974 | Telford United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Carl Basil Hayward (more commonly known as Basil Hayward; 7 April 1928 – 9 December 1989) was an English footballer and manager. He was the younger brother of Doug and Eric Hayward.
He 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. He won the Third Division North title with Port Vale in 1953–54, and also played in the FA Cup semi-finals. He then spent two years with Portsmouth, before becoming player-manager at Yeovil Town from 1960 to 1964. After a spell managing non-league Bedford Town he spent five years in charge of Gillingham, before finishing his management career with Telford United.
He joined Port Vale in May 1946, having recently turned 16. He made his debut on 12 October of that year, in a 4–0 home defeat by Cardiff City, and finished the 1946–47 season with two Third Division South appearances to his name. He attained a regular first team spot from December 1947, and played 24 games in 1947–48 and 42 games in 1948–49. He fell out of favour in August 1949, though scored his first senior goal at The Old Recreation Ground on 25 February 1950, in a 2–2 draw with Norwich City, in what was his only appearance of the 1949–50 campaign. In the 1950–51 season he featured 26 times. In the summer, manager Gordon Hodgson died and was replaced by Ivor Powell, who was sacked and replaced by Freddie Steele. Hayward played 28 games in 1951–52, though was sidelined with a back injury in February 1952.
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