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Hugh Adcock
English footballer
Hugh "Hughie" Adcock (born 10 April 1903 in Coalville, England – 16 October 1975) was an English footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hugh Adcock | ||
| Date of birth | 10 April 1903 | ||
| Place of birth | Coalville, England | ||
| Date of death | 16 October 1975(1975-10-16) (aged 72) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5+1⁄2 in (1.66 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Ravenstone United | ? | (?) | |
| Coalville Town | ? | (?) | |
| Loughborough Corinthians | ? | (?) | |
| 1923–1935 | Leicester City | 434 | (51) |
| 1935 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | (1) |
| Folkestone | ? | (?) | |
| Ibstock Penistone Rovers | ? | (?) | |
| International career | |||
| Football League | ? | (?) | |
| 1929 | England | 5 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club
Adcock played for Ravenstone United, Coalville Town, Loughborough Corinthians, Bristol Rovers, Folkestone and Ibstock Penistone Rovers and most famously Leicester City.[2]
He made his debut for Leicester on the same day as club record goalscorer Arthur Chandler and was a key player in the emergence of the Midlands' club under Peter Hodge in the mid-1920s and later the side which finished in the club's highest ever league finish of runners-up in the First Division in 1928-29. He made 440 appearances for the club over 13 years making him the club's joint 3rd record appearance holder.
International
He made five appearances and scored one goal for England.[3]
As a player
- Football League First Division Runner-up: 1928-29
- Football League Second Division Champion: 1924-25
- British Home Championship Winner: 1930
- "The lure of promotion. Leicester City". Athletic News. Manchester. 13 August 1923. p. 6.
- Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 - 1939. Tony Brown. p. 6. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
- "Hughie Adcock". Englandstats.com. Retrieved 2 November 2007.
