| Bobby Hughes | |
| Fullname: | Robert Hughes[1] |
| Birth Date: | 5 September 1892 |
| Birth Place: | Bill Quay, England |
| Death Place: | Kingston upon Hull, England |
| Height: | [2] |
| Position: | Outside forward |
| Youthclubs1: | Primitive Sunday School |
| Youthclubs2: | Pelaw |
| Years1: | 1909–1915 |
| Clubs1: | Northampton Town |
| Caps1: | 112 |
| Goals1: | 23 |
| Years2: | 1917–1922 |
| Clubs2: | Hull City |
| Caps2: | 66 |
| Goals2: | 9 |
| Years3: | 1922 |
| Clubs3: | Sheffield United |
| Caps3: | 2 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1923–1924 |
| Clubs4: | Brentford |
| Caps4: | 16 |
| Goals4: | 7 |
| Years5: | 1924–1927 |
| Clubs5: | Rochdale |
| Caps5: | 127 |
| Goals5: | 48 |
| Years6: | 1928–1930 |
| Clubs6: | Wigan Borough |
| Caps6: | 70 |
| Goals6: | 15 |
| Clubs7: | Ashton National |
| Totalcaps: | 393 |
| Totalgoals: | 102 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1915 |
| Nationalteam1: | Southern League XI |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Robert Hughes (5 September 1892 – September 1955) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as an outside forward, most notably for Rochdale, Wigan Borough and Hull City.[3] [4] He scored more than 100 goals during his career and represented the Southern League XI versus the Football League XI in 1915.[5]
As of 1917, Hughes was working in a government job across Northern England. After retiring from football, he returned to Hull in the 1930s and worked as a plumber in an oil refinery.
| Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Hull City | 1919–20[6] | Second Division | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ― | 28 | 3 | ||
| 1920–21 | Second Division | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ― | 12 | 1 | |||
| 1921–22 | Second Division | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ― | 29 | 5 | |||
| Total | 66 | 9 | 3 | 0 | ― | 69 | 9 | ||||
| Brentford | 1923–24[7] | Third Division South | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ― | 17 | 7 | ||
| Rochdale | 1924–25[8] | Third Division North | 33 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1[9] | 0 | 35 | 11 | |
| 1925–26 | Third Division North | 36 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 17 | ||
| 1926–27 | Third Division North | 32 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 16 | ||
| 1927–28 | Third Division North | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | ||
| Total | 127 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 134 | 49 | |||
| Wigan Borough | 1928–29[10] | Third Division North | 41 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5[11] | 1 | 49 | 8 | |
| 1929–30 | Third Division North | 29 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4[12] | 1 | 34 | 10 | ||
| Total | 70 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 83 | 18 | |||
| Career total | 279 | 79 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 303 | 83 | |||
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