Johnny Hay Explained

John McKenzie Hay (21 April 1886 – 22 September 1958) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Presbyterian cleric George Hay (1843-1928),^{[2] [3]} and Elizabeth McKelvie Hay (1847-1926), née McKenzie,^[4] John McKenzie Hay was born in Rokewood, Victoria on 21 April 1886.

His older brother, Robert Hay (1880–1959), played with Fitzroy in the VFL.^[5]

He married Daisy Wiliams in 1908.

Football

He was cleared from the Ballarat Football Club to play with Collingwood in 1906.^[6]

References

• (GS): Scotch's first 66 VFL/AFL Players, Great Scot, (September 2010), Scotch College, Melbourne.
• Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.

External links

• • • Johnny Hay's profile at Collingwood Forever

Notes and References

1. Holmesby (2014), p.378.
2. George Hay, M.A., was inducted as the pastor of the Rokewood Presbyterian Church on 7 December 1880: see Presbytery of Ballarat, The Ballarat Star, (Thursday, 2 December 1880), p.3.
3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3924003 Deaths: Hay, The Argus, (Wednesday, 11 April 1928), p.1
4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202545517 Deaths: Hay, The Age, (Thursday, 9 September 1926), p.1.
5. GS (2010).
6. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/209233096 Sporting News, The Ballarat Star, (Thursday, 19 April 1906), p.4.