Fred Lessons

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Fred Lessons
Personal information
Full name George Frederick Lessons[1]
Date of birth (1883-08-30)30 August 1883
Place of birth Heaton Norris, England[2]
Date of death 7 September 1918(1918-09-07) (aged 35)[3]
Place of death Pas-de-Calais, France[3]
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
Lawrence
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1903–1904 Nottingham Jardines Athletic
1904–1907 Nottingham Forest 31 (8)
1907–1915 Northampton Town 234 (75)
Total 265 (83)
Managerial career
1913–1918 Northampton Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Frederick Lessons (30 August 1883 – 7 September 1918), sometimes known as Frank Lessons, was an English professional footballer who made nearly 250 appearances as a centre forward in the Southern League for Northampton Town.[4][5] He also managed the club and earlier in his career played in the Football League for Nottingham Forest.[1][6]

Personal life[edit]

Lessons served as a lance corporal in the Northamptonshire Regiment during the First World War and was killed on the Western Front on 7 September 1918, just over two months before the armistice.[3] He is buried in Éterpigny British Cemetery.[3]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nottingham Forest 1904–05[7] First Division 16 3 0 0 16 3
1905–06[7] 14 5 0 0 14 5
1906–07[7] Second Division 1 0 2 0 3 0
Career total 31 8 2 0 33 8

Honours[edit]

Northampton Town

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 173. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ Fred Lessons on Lives of the First World War
  3. ^ a b c d "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Club records". www.ntfc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Fred Lessons – Northampton Town". Cobblers Past. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Fred Lessons". League Managers Association. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  7. ^ a b c "Frank Lessons". The City Ground. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Lessons Fred Northampton Town 1908". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 14 January 2019.


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