Post by Carl LaFong on May 19, 2017 14:17:59 GMT
The scorer of the fastest hat-trick in football, Tommy Ross, has died at the age of 71.
Mr Ross set the Guinness World Record by scoring three goals in 90 seconds as an 18-year-old while playing for Ross County against Nairn County in 1964.
The previous record had been set by a Gillingham player in the 1950s.
Mr Ross went on to play for a number of English clubs, including Peterborough United, Wigan Athletic and York City, as well as Scottish side Brora Rangers.
News of his death was announced by Tain football club St Duthus, which he managed during the 1990s....
Mr Ross set the Guinness World Record by scoring three goals in 90 seconds as an 18-year-old while playing for Ross County against Nairn County in 1964.
The previous record had been set by a Gillingham player in the 1950s.
Mr Ross went on to play for a number of English clubs, including Peterborough United, Wigan Athletic and York City, as well as Scottish side Brora Rangers.
News of his death was announced by Tain football club St Duthus, which he managed during the 1990s....
RIP.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-39973127
