Fred Hughes (rugby)
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Full name | Frederick Hughes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | unknown Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Frederick "Fred" Hughes (birth unknown – death unknown) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Llanelli RFC, Swansea RFC and , and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain (non-Tests) and Wales, and at club level for Barrow, Workington Town and Liverpool Stanley, as a prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.[1][2]
Background[]
Fred Hughes was born in Llanelli. Wales, and he was the father of the association footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s for England and Liverpool; Emlyn Hughes.[3][4]
International honours[]
Fred Hughes won 3 caps for Wales in 1945–1946 while at Barrow and Workington Town.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ^ David Lawrenson (2007). "The Rugby League Miscellany [Page-6]". Vision Sport Publishing. ISBN 978-1-905326-30-3
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleague.wales". rugbyleague.wales. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
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Categories:
- Barrow Raiders players
- Liverpool City (rugby league) players
- Llanelli RFC players
- Rugby league players from Llanelli
- Rugby union players from Llanelli
- Rugby league props
- Wales national rugby league team players
- Welsh rugby league players
- Welsh rugby union players
- Workington Town players