Hugh Adcock
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hugh Adcock | ||
| Date of birth | 10 April 1903 | ||
| Place of birth | Coalville, England | ||
| Date of death | 16 October 1975 (aged 72) | ||
| Playing position | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Ravenstone United | ? | (?) | |
| Coalville Town | ? | (?) | |
| Loughborough Corinthians | ? | (?) | |
| 1923–1935 | Leicester City | 434 | (51) |
| 1935 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | (1) |
| – | Folkestone | ? | (?) |
| – | Ibstock Penistone Rovers | ? | (?) |
| National team | |||
| Football League | ? | (?) | |
| 1929 | England | 5 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Hugh "Hughie" Adcock (born 10 April 1903 in Coalville, England – 16 October 1975) was an English footballer.
Career
Club
Adcock played for Ravenstone United, Coalville Town, Loughborough Corinthians Bristol Rovers, Folkestone and Ibstock Penistone Rovers and most famously Leicester City.[1]
He made his debut for Leicester on the same day as club record goalscorer Arthur Chandler and was a key player in the emergence of the Midlands' club under Peter Hodge in the mid-1920s and later the side which finished in the club's highest ever league finish of runners-up in the First Division in 1928-29. He made 440 appearances for the club over 13 years making him the club's joint 3rd record appearance holder.
International
He made five appearances and scored one goal for England.[2]
Honours
As a player
- Football League First Division Runner-up: 1928-29
- Football League Second Division Champion: 1924-25
- British Home Championship Winner: 1930
Notes
- ↑ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 - 1939. Tony Brown. p. 6. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
- ↑ "Hugh Adcock". englandstats. Retrieved 2007-11-02.