Hugh Shaw (football manager)

Hugh Shaw

Personal information
Date of death	1976 (aged 80)
Place of death	Edinburgh, Scotland
Playing position	Half-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Clydebank Juniors
1918–1926	Hibernian
1926–1927	Rangers
1927–1930	Heart of Midlothian
	East Fife
	Leith Athletic
	Elgin City
Teams managed
1948–1961	Hibernian
1961–1962	Raith Rovers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Hugh Shaw (died 1976) was a Scottish football player and manager, most notably with Hibernian (Hibs).

Shaw played for Hibs during the interwar period, making his debut during the 1918–19 season. He played as a half-back in the Hibs side that reached the Scottish Cup Finals of 1923 and 1924, losing to Celtic and Airdrie respectively. Shaw left Hibs in 1926 to play for Rangers. He played in 36 league games for Rangers in the 1926–27 season, but then moved to Hearts. Shaw played in a Hearts team that threatened to challenge for the league championship in 1928, but eventually finished fourth. He later played for East Fife, Leith Athletic and Elgin City.

Shaw was hired as Hibs' trainer by Willie McCartney in 1936, after McCartney had been appointed manager. Hibs had fallen on hard times in the early 1930s, having suffered relegation for the first time in 1931 and then struggling to regain and retain Division One status. Through the late 1930s and the Second World War, McCartney built the great Hibs side that would largely dominate Scottish football in the late 1940s and early 1950s. With Hibs on top of the league midway through the 1947–48 season, however, McCartney collapsed during a Scottish Cup match and died later that night. Although Matt Busby was linked with the job, Shaw was appointed as manager within the week, as Hibs faced a match against their main challengers, Rangers. Hibs won that match 1–0 with a goal in the last minute and went on to win the league championship.

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