Harry Hood

Henry Anthony Hood (3 October 1944 – 26 May 2019) was a Scottish football player and manager.

A forward noted for his skill, who won the Liverpool Senior Cup while a reserve player at Everton but had returned to Scotland and local Junior club St Roch's by the time his younger sibling was starting his career. Harry Hood initially attended school at St Aloysius' College where rugby union was the chosen sport. Clyde were relegated to the second tier, but in the lower division Hood flourished, scoring 37 times from 45 appearances in all competitions during the 1963–64 season as the club gained promotion. and after his recovery, he was in a group of players frozen out by manager Ian McColl.

With Celtic, Hood won six Scottish league championships, three Scottish Cups and two Scottish League Cups; He scored 123 goals in all major competitions for the club. His presence onto the field at Parkhead was often greeted with a 'Hare Krishna' chant. Hood scored a hat-trick in an Old Firm game against Rangers in 1973, a feat that was not repeated until Moussa Dembélé achieved it in 2016.

Hood left Celtic in 1976 and, after short spells with San Antonio Thunder in the NASL

International In the 1967 close season Hood was a member of an unofficial Scotland national team which travelled to destinations including Israel, Australia and Canada, winning every match. A BBC Sport article in June 2020 identified him as one of the best Scottish players to have never played a full international. The SFA announced in October 2021 that some of the tour matches would be reclassified as full internationals – some match reports also credit him with a goal (against Israel) which is elsewhere assigned to Alex Ferguson.

Later years After his retirement from football, Hood ran a company (named Lisini, incorporating the names of his three children)

After a battle with cancer, Hood died around 6:30am on 26 May 2019, aged 74.

Honours Club Celtic Scottish League (6): 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74 Scottish Cup (3): 1970–71, 1973–74, 1974–75 Scottish League Cup (2): 1969–70, 1974–75 Drybrough Cup: 1974

Individual Scottish Division One top goalscorer: 1970–71