Former Town midfielder Danny Hegan, a member of Bill McGarry’s 1967/68 Second Division championship side, died earlier today at a Birmingham hospice after a battle with cancer, aged 72.
Coatbridge-born Hegan started his career in his native Scotland with Bellshill Athletic and Albion Rovers, joining the Blues from his first English club Sunderland in September 1963.
The fans’ favourite went on to make 230 appearances and score 38 goals for the Blues before moving on to West Brom in May 1969.
He made 41 league appearances and scored six goals in Town's 1967/68 Second Division championship title campaign.
He went on to follow McGarry to Wolves in May 1970 - appearing in both legs of the 1972 UEFA Cup final as the Midlanders lost to Spurs - Sunderland for a second spell, South African side Highlands Park, Partick Thistle (loan), Coleshill Town and Clacton Town. He won seven caps with Northern Ireland after leaving the Blues.
Having retired, he coached children at Butlins at Clacton and Minehead, before working in industrial cleaning in Corby and then cleaning and labouring back in the West Midlands.