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Tom Hughes (footballer)

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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]
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Wallsend Park Villa
1912 Newcastle United 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 147. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. ^ a b c d "CWGC - Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 10 January 2016.


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