Bob Hazell

Bob Hazell
Personal information
Full name Robert Joseph Hazell
Date of birth (1959-06-14) 14 June 1959
Place of birth Kingston, Jamaica
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1979 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 (1)
1979–1983 Queens Park Rangers 106 (8)
1983–1986 Leicester City 41 (2)
1985Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 1 (0)
1986 Reading 4 (1)
1986–1989 Port Vale 81 (1)
Total 266 (13)
International career
1977 England Youth 2 (1)
1979 England U21 1 (1)
1978 England B 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Joseph Hazell (born 14 June 1959) is a former professional footballer who made 266 league appearances in a 12-year career in the English Football League between 1977 and 1989. Born in Jamaica, he represented England at under-21 level. His nephew is the former Oldham Athletic defender Reuben Hazell, and his son Rohan was a non-League player.

A big physical defender, he began his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, featuring in the FA Youth Cup final in 1976. He moved on to Queens Park Rangers in 1979. He helped QPR to the Second Division title in 1982–83 and also played in the 1982 FA Cup final. He moved on to Leicester City in 1983 and had a brief spell back on loan at Wolves in 1985 before he signed with Reading. He joined Port Vale in December 1986 and was a regular for the "Valiants" until a back injury forced his retirement in June 1989.