John Iorweth Hughes

For other footballers and people with the same name, see Jack Hughes (disambiguation) and John Hughes (disambiguation).

John Iorweth Hughes

Personal information
Date of birth	(1913-01-29)29 January 1913
Place of birth	Rhosllanerchrugog, Wales
Date of death	26 September 1993(1993-09-26) (aged 80)
Place of death	Harrowden
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Plas Bennion
	Llanerch Colts
	Aberystwyth Town
	Afongoch
	Druids
	Llanerch Colts
	Rhos
	Dick, Kerr's XI
1932–1937	Blackburn Rovers	47	(0)
1937–1938	Mansfield Town	76	(0)
	Nelson
	Bacup Borough
	Rossendale United
	Darwen
	Third Lanark
International career
1935	Wales	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Iorweth Hughes (1913 - 1993) was a Welsh footballer who played professionally in England and Scotland. He played one game for the Wales national football team.

Playing career

Club career

Born in Rhosllanerchrugog, Hughes played for various Welsh clubs until 1932, when he joined Blackburn Rovers. Over the next five years he made 47 appearances in the Football League First Division. In 1937 he joined Mansfield Town, where he made 76 League appearances. After the Second World War he played for a number of non-League teams in the Lancashire area before moving to Scotland to play for Third Lanark.

International career

Hughes gained one cap for the Welsh national team, on 27 March 1935 against Ireland.

See also

• List of Wales international footballers (alphabetical)