Born on this day in 1960 in Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) is Iain Hesford.
To say that the death of Iain Hesford came as a shock would be an understatement – footballers are sportsmen, and as such are therefore fitter than the majority of the population. Also, because they are sportsmen in general and footballers in particular, they are regarded as immortal in some way. Unfortunately for them, they are only human and this means that they are susceptible to the same diseases and frailties as the rest of us mere mortals. Iain’s passing at the young age of 54, the suspected victim of a heart attack, enforces that sad but irrefutable fact.
Players don’t have to be part of a side that wins something big or significant to become a part of a club’s history, or part of the memory of the fans, but Iain was at the club at a significant time in its history. He was born in Rhodesia into a real sporting family – his dad Bob included the 1938 FA Cup final as one of several hundred appearances in goal for Huddersfield, his brother Bob junior played rugby union for England, and other brother Steve had a long stint at Warrington playing rugby union. Arriving from Sheffield Wednesday (where his only