Bob Hazell
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Joseph Hazell | ||
| Date of birth | 14 July 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Kingston, Jamaica | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1979 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 33 | (1) |
| 1979–1983 | Queens Park Rangers | 106 | (8) |
| 1983–1986 | Leicester City | 41 | (2) |
| 1985 | → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1986 | Reading | 4 | (1) |
| 1986–1989 | Port Vale | 81 | (1) |
| Total | 266 | (13) | |
| National team | |||
| 1978 | England U21 | 1 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Robert Joseph Hazell (born 14 June 1959) is a former footballer who made 266 league appearances in a 12-year career in the Football League between 1977 and 1989. Despite being born in Kingston, Jamaica, he represented England at under-21 level. His nephew is the former Oldham Athletic defender Reuben Hazell, and his son Rohan is a non-League player.
A big physical defender, he began his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, featuring in the FA Youth Cup final in 1976. He moved on to Queens Park Rangers in 1979. He helped QPR to the Second Division title in 1982–83, and also played in the 1982 FA Cup Final. He moved on to Leicester City in 1983, and had a brief spell back on loan at Wolves in 1985, before he signed with Reading. He joined Port Vale in December 1986, and was a regular for the "Valiants" until a back injury forced his retirement in June 1989.
Hazell began his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, and featured in the 1976 FA Youth Cup final, which ended in a 5–0 aggregate defeat to West Bromwich Albion. He turned professional at Molineux under Sammy Chung, and played 33 First Division games for Wolves in 1977–78 and 1978–79, before transferring to Queens Park Rangers for a £240,000 fee, who had just been relegated into the Second Division.
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