Tom Hughes (footballer)

Thomas Hughes (1892 – 1 July 1916) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Newcastle United.

[1][6] He was described as "a small and compact schemer" of an inside left.

[5] Hughes served as a corporal in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers during the First World War and was killed on the first day on the Somme.

[7] He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

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