Hugh McNeil (born 1902) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre half or right half for Hamilton Academical and Motherwell. He was still featuring fairly regularly for the Steelmen (11 league appearances in the 1929–30 season) when he emigrated to Nigeria to work in the oil industry, having obtained a university degree.

His father of the same name was also a footballer who too played for Motherwell and Hamilton in the same position.

Hugh McNeil Jr

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1902 births

Year of death unknown

20th-century deaths

Scottish men's footballers

Footballers from Motherwell

Scottish Junior Football Association players

Men's association football central defenders

Men's association football wing halves

Larkhall Thistle F.C. players

Hamilton Academical F.C. players

Motherwell F.C. players

British emigrants to Nigeria

Scottish Football League players

Hugh McNeil Jr