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Tom Hughes (footballer)

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Full name
  
Thomas Hughes

Place of birth
  
Wallsend, England

Place of death
  
West Flanders, Belgium

Died
  
West Flanders, Belgium

Date of birth
  
1892

Date of death
  
23 May 1915 (aged 22)

Years
  
Team

Playing position
  
Inside forward

Thomas "Tom" Hughes (1892–23 May 1915) was an English professional football inside left who played in the Football League for Newcastle United.

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. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate.

References

Tom Hughes (footballer) Wikipedia