He started his playing career at Rangers, for whom he played in the 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, before moving to the English Football League.
[2] He played nearly 300 League matches for Crystal Palace, Birmingham City – with whom he played more than 200 games and was named Player of the Year as they won promotion to the First Division in 1972[2][3] – Oxford United and Walsall.
[4] He had a brief spell as manager of Motherwell[5] and a six-game spell as interim manager of St Johnstone[6] before leaving professional football to work as a PE teacher.
[2] In 2012, Hynd was one of seven former players elected to Birmingham City's Hall of Fame.
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