James Hughes was an English footballer who played as a defender.
He was born in Bootle in December 1885[1] and played for Liverpool before signing for Crystal Palace in 1909.
[1] Between then and 1920 Hughes made 200 appearances for Crystal Palace in the Southern League, scoring 15 times.
He earned one representative cap with the Southern League XI.
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