Fred_Hughes_(rugby)

Fred Hughes (rugby)

Fred Hughes (rugby)

GB & Wales international rugby league & union footballer

Frederick 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 Cheltenham RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and Great Britain (non-Tests) 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]

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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

  1. [1]
    "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. [2]
    Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
  3. [3]
    David Lawrenson (2007). "The Rugby League Miscellany [Page-6]". Vision Sport Publishing. ISBN 978-1-905326-30-3
  4. [4]
    "Statistics at rugbyleague.wales". rugbyleague.wales. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
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