Mick Hill

Michael Richard Hill (3 December 1947 – 23 June 2008) was an English-born, Welsh international footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Club

Hereford-born Hill started his career with Bethesda Athletic and joined Sheffield United in September 1965. His first-team chances were limited, making just 37 appearances for the Yorkshire club in four years. He scored nine goals, his second in a Sheffield Derby game at the end of the 1966–67 season.

Hill moved to Ipswich Town for £33,000 in October 1969, where he scored 20 goals in 77 appearances. He was loaned to Blackpool for a month in June 1972 and played in the Anglo-Italian Cup Final defeat against A.S. Roma at the Stadio Olimpico. The possibility of his joining permanently was killed off when Ipswich rejected the club's undisclosed offer. Blackpool manager Bob Stokoe commented: "I spoke to Ipswich manager Bobby Robson last night, but we cannot come to an agreement at this stage. We went to what we felt we could afford. I appreciate Bobby Robson's gesture in letting us have Mick for a month so that we could assess him."

Hill was transferred for £35,000 to Crystal Palace in December 1973, Mick Mills, his captain at Ipswich, paid this tribute: "Mick was an exceptionally nice lad who everyone liked. He was a decent player with a good touch, but suffered somewhat for taking his off-field approach for life on to the park."