Personal information | |||
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Full name | Henry Yorston | ||
Date of birth | 9 June 1929 | ||
Place of birth | Scotland | ||
Date of death | 1992 (aged 62–63) | ||
Position(s) | Inside right | ||
Youth career | |||
–1947 | St. Clements | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1947–1957 | Aberdeen | 201 | (98) |
1957–? | Buckie Thistle | ||
National team | |||
1952 | Scottish Football League XI | 1 | (0) |
1954 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Henry Yorston (9 June 1929 – 1992) was a Scottish professional football player, who played for Aberdeen, and represented Scotland once.[1] Yorston made over 200 league appearances for Aberdeen, scoring 98 goals.[2]
Yorston's uncle Benny was also a professional footballer who, like his nephew, played for Aberdeen and the Scottish national side.
Yorston retired from professional football at the age of 28 after being offered a lucrative fish market porter job in Aberdeen.[3] In 1972, he won £175,000 on the football pools.[3]
He died in 1992 from a brain tumour aged 62.[3]