Billy Hughes (footballer, born 1918)

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Billy Hughes
Personal information
Full name William Marshall Hughes
Date of birth (1918-03-06)6 March 1918
Place of birth Llanelli, Wales
Date of death 16 June 1981(1981-06-16) (aged 63)
Place of death Birmingham, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1934–1935 Llanelli
1935 → Swansea Town (loan)
1935–1947 Birmingham 104 (0)
→ (wartime) 49 (0)
1940–1941 → Blackpool (guest) 8 (0)
1940–1941 → Swansea Town (guest) 1 (0)
1942–1943 → Fulham (guest) 2 (0)
1942–1945 → Chester (guest) 50 (19)
1947–1948 Luton Town 31 (0)
1948–1951 Chelsea 93 (0)
1951–1954 Hereford United
1954–1955 Flint Town United
International career
1937–1947 Wales 10 (0)
→ (wartime) 14 (0)
1944 FA Combined Services XI
1944
Royal Air Force XI
1947
Great Britain XI
 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Marshall Hughes (6 March 1918 – 16 June 1981) was a Welsh professional

Great Britain XI
in 1947.

Career

Club career

Born in

Llanelli A.F.C. in 1934 and made his first-team debut in January 1936 when still only 17; by the time he was 19 he was a regular first choice. He was mature for his age and was described as a ball-winning defender who tried to use the ball constructively once he won it.[1] During the Second World War he made 49 wartime league appearances for Birmingham. While serving in the Royal Air Force he made guest appearances for Blackpool, Swansea Town, Fulham and Chester.[2][3] In all he played 110 senior games for Birmingham before joining Luton Town; eight months later they sold him for £12,000 to Chelsea, for whom he also played more than 100 games. He then moved to Hereford United, who were then playing in the Southern League, followed by Flint Town United, with whom he won his only major club honour, the Welsh Cup, in 1954.[4]

International career

Hughes made his international debut for

Great Britain XI against a Rest of Europe XI to celebrate the return of the Home Nations to FIFA.[10][11]

Later years

After retiring from playing, Hughes scouted for Chester. He died in Birmingham in 1981 at the age of 63.[12]

Honours

with Wales
  • 1939
with Flint Town United

References

General
  • Hayes, Dean P. (2004). "1946–49: Rebuilding". Wales: The Complete Who's Who of Footballers Since 1946. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. p. 4.
    ISBN 0-7509-3700-9
    .
  • Billy Hughes at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
Specific
  1. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9
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  2. ISBN 1-874427-52-6
    .
  3. ISBN 0-7553-1431-X
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  4. ^ "Welsh Cup Final 1953/54". Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2008.
  5. ^ "Welsh international matches". Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
  6. ^ "Welsh wartime international matches". Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
  7. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
    . Retrieved 18 October 2007.
  8. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived
    from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
  9. ISBN 1-86105-804-7
    .
  10. ^ "British Associations return". FIFA. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  11. ^ "England Player Honours – International Representative Teams". England Football Online. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
  12. ISBN 0-9539288-0-2
    .
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