{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jack Hather | image = | caption = | fullname = John Hather | birth_date = 29 September 1926 | birth_place = Annfield Plain, England | death_date = 1st January 1996 (Aged 69) | death_place = Durham, England | height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}} | position = Outside left | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Annfield Plain | years1 = 1948–1960 | clubs1 = Aberdeen | caps1 = 264 | goals1 = 79 | totalcaps = 264 | totalgoals = 79 }} '''John "Jack" Hather''' was an English professional football outside-left who played for Scottish club Aberdeen.
Born in Annfield Plain, County Durham, Hather joined Aberdeen in December 1948. He was part of the Aberdeen team who won the 1955 Scottish League championship and the 1955 Scottish League Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcheritage.org/Team/CurrentSquad/player_show.cfm?player_id=347&Season=1957-58 |title=Jack Hather profile |publisher=AFC Heritage Trust |date= |accessdate=5 November 2011}}</ref>
After leaving Aberdeen in 1960, he moved back to the North East of England to play for amateur club Blackhall F.C.
== Career statistics ==
=== Club === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust – Player Profile |url=https://afcheritage.org/Team/CurrentSquad/player_show.cfm?player_id=347 |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=afcheritage.org}}</ref> |- !rowspan="2"|Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |Scottish Cup ! colspan="2" |League Cup ! colspan="2" |Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- | rowspan="12" |Aberdeen |1948–49 | rowspan="12" |Scottish Division One |14 |4 |1 |0 |0 |0 |15 |4 |- |1949–50 |17 |6 |0 |0 |0 |0 |17 |6 |- |1950–51 |10 |3 |0 |0 |9 |2 |19 |5 |- |1951–52 |10 |0 |0 |0 |2 |0 |12 |0 |- |1952–53 |28 |14 |9 |3 |6 |1 |43 |18 |- |1953–54 |25 |7 |4 |2 |6 |3 |35 |12 |- |1954–55 |30 |9 |6 |3 |6 |3 |42 |15 |- |1955–56 |24 |11 |1 |0 |5 |2 |30 |13 |- |1956–57 |32 |7 |2 |0 |6 |2 |40 |9 |- |1957–58 |30 |9 |3 |0 |7 |1 |40 |10 |- |1958–59 |29 |7 |7 |2 |6 |2 |42 |11 |- |1959–60 |15 |2 |1 |0 |0 |0 |16 |2 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !264 !79 !34 !10 !53 !16 !351 !105 |}
==Honours==
;Aberdeen *Scottish First Division (1): 1954–55 *Scottish League Cup (1): 1955–56
==References== {{reflist}}
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