Ken Hawkes

Ken Hawkes
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Kilby Hawkes
Date of birth (1933-05-06)6 May 1933
Place of birth Easington, County Durham, England
Date of death 2 February 2015(2015-02-02) (aged 81)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Shotton Colliery Welfare
1951–1957 Luton Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1961 Luton Town 90 (1)
1961–1962 Peterborough United 1 (0)
1962–1963 Bedford Town 2 (0)
1963–196? St Neots Town
– Dunstable Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenneth Kilby Hawkes (6 May 1933 – 2 February 2015) was an English professional footballer best known as a player for Luton Town.[2][1]

Career

Joining Luton Town as a trainee in 1951, Hawkes broke into the first-team only in 1957. He made 102 appearances for Luton, including playing in the 1959 FA Cup Final, before leaving in 1961 to join Peterborough United. After a solitary first-team appearance for Peterborough,[3][4] Hawkes played non-league football for Bedford Town,[5] St Neots Town and Dunstable Town.[6]

His younger brother Barry also played League football for teams including Luton Town.[6]

Honours

Luton Town

References

  1. ^ a b "Ken Hawkes 1933-2015 - Rest in peace". Luton Town F.C. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Ken Hawkes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  3. ^ Joyce, Mike. "Ken Hawkes". Since 1888. Archived from the original on 8 March 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  4. ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-1-85291-585-8.
  5. ^ "1962/3 Results and teams". Bedford Old Eagles. David Williams. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Best Years Players F–H". Bedford Old Eagles. David Williams. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  7. ^ Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 490. ISBN 0354 09018 6.


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