Warren Robert Hawke (born 20 September 1970) is an English former footballer who played for Sunderland, Berwick Rangers, Greenock Morton and Queen of the South. Although he never started more than three games in a season during his time at Sunderland he is remembered for playing in the 2-0 play-off semi-final win at Newcastle United in 1990, while one of his 19 substitute appearances was in the 1992 FA Cup Final.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Warren Robert Hawke[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 September 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Durham, England | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1993 | Sunderland | 25 | (1) |
| 1991 | → Chesterfield (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 1992 | → Carlisle United (loan) | 8 | (2) |
| 1993 | → Northampton Town (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 1993 | Raith Rovers | 2 | (0) |
| 1993 | Scarborough | 1 | (0) |
| 1993–1995 | Berwick Rangers | 55 | (28) |
| 1995–1999 | Greenock Morton | 145 | (34) |
| 1999–2001 | Queen of the South | 55 | (7) |
| 2001–2005 | Greenock Morton | 64 | (9) |
| Total | 369 | (83) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Post football
editSince retiring from football, Hawke has taken up endurance events and bespoke challenges. Completing the Regensburg IronMan Triathlon on 7 August 2011 and Copenhagen 2016 both sub 12 hours .[2] He also swam the full length (24 miles) of Loch Lomond in 2014 and completed numerous one and multi day cycling challenges.
Hawke took up the post of consultant for club development at his former club Greenock Morton in January 2012.[3] In June 2015, Hawke was co-opted onto the club's board of directors.[4] On 9 January 2017, Hawke was appointed chief executive of Morton, replacing Gillian Donaldson who previously held the role.[5] He was appointed director at SPFL in 2017 as the Championship representative Resigning from Greenock Morton in 2019 he has now set up his own company Strenua Ltd who deliver sports consultancy services to clubs, charities and individuals.
Family
editHawke's son Lewis (born 1993) also played for Morton as a forward.[6] He also has two daughters named Ruby and Leni
External links
edit- Warren Hawke at Soccerbase
References
edit- ^ "Warren Hawke". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ "IRONMAN Regensburg - Category Results" (PDF). OnlineTri. 8 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ Mitchell, Jonathan (19 January 2012). "Former Ton star to revamp youth set-up". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- ^ "Hawke made Morton director". Greenock Telegraph. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ Rae, Douglas (9 January 2017). "Warren Hawke appointed chief executive". Greenock Morton FC. Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ "Lewis Hawke's profile". Greenock Morton F.C. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
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