Reg Hill (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Reginald Hill | ||
| Date of birth | 6 May 1907 | ||
| Place of birth | Gibraltar | ||
| Date of death | 1961 (aged 54) | ||
| Place of death | Carlisle, England | ||
| Playing position | Centre half, wing half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1930–193? | Carlisle United | 5 | (0) |
| – | Lancaster Town | ||
| 1932–1933 | Tranmere Rovers | 1 | (0) |
| 1933–1937 | Hartlepools United | 139 | (6) |
| 1937 | Darlington | 12 | (0) |
| 1937–193? | Wellington Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Reginald Hill (6 May 1907 – 1961) was an English footballer who played as a centre half or wing half in the Football League for Carlisle United, Tranmere Rovers, Hartlepools United and Darlington, and in non-league football for Lancaster Town and Wellington Town.
Hill was the second child of Charles James Hill, a sergeant in the 1st Battalion the Border Regiment, and his wife Jessie Jane née Bell. The family accompanied Sgt Hill on his postings: the oldest child, Stella, was born in her mother's native Cumberland, Hill himself was born in Gibraltar and his younger sister Doris in India. The 1911 Census records the family quartered in Sale Barracks, Rangoon, Burma.
Hill played junior football in the Carlisle area, and represented Bedfordshire at county level during a three-year stint as a carpenter serving in the Royal Air Force. He returned to his native north-west where he turned professional with Carlisle United, and made his debut for the club in the Football League in the 1930–31 season. He made just five league appearances for Carlisle, and after a spell in non-league football with Lancaster Town, he had a trial with Tranmere Rovers in late 1932. In his only first-team appearance for that club, on 31 December, he played well against Hartlepools United, and although Tranmere opted against signing him, their opponents did offer him a contract.
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