Tom Hughes (footballer)

Tom Hughes
Personal information
Full name Thomas Hughes[1]
Date of birth 1892
Place of birth Wallsend, England
Date of death 23 May 1915 (aged 22)[2]
Place of death West Flanders, Belgium[2]
Playing position Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Wallsend Park Villa
1912 Newcastle United 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Thomas "Tom" Hughes (1892–23 May 1915) was an English professional football inside left who played in the Football League for Newcastle United.[1]

Personal life

Hughes served as a corporal in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers during the First World War and was killed in West Flanders on 23 May 1915.[2] He is commemorated on the Menin Gate.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 147. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "CWGC - Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2016-01-10.


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