Billy Hughes (footballer, born May 1929)

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Billy Hughes
Personal information
Full name William Hughes[1]
Date of birth 9 May 1929
Place of birth Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Date of death June 2005 (aged 76)
Place of death Salford, England
Height 5 ft 5+1⁄2 in (1.66 m)[1]
Position(s) Right winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Larne
1948–1953 Bolton Wanderers 47 (2)
1953–1954 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 16 (1)
Rhyl
Bangor City
Mossley
International career
1951 Northern Ireland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Hughes (9 May 1929 – June 2005) was a Northern Irish footballer who played as a right winger.

Career[edit]

Born in Ballymena, Hughes played for Larne, Bolton Wanderers, Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic, Rhyl, Bangor City and Mossley.[1][2][3] He also earned one cap for the Northern Ireland national team.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Profile". NIFG. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Billy Hughes". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Billy Hughes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 22 May 2017.


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