:John Iorweth Hughes

{{for|other footballers and people with the same name|Jack Hughes (disambiguation)|John Hughes (disambiguation)}}

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|name = John Iorweth Hughes

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1913|01|29 |df=y}}

|birth_place = Rhosllanerchrugog, Wales

|death_date = {{death date and age|1993|09|26|1913|1|29|df=y}}

|death_place = Harrowden, England

|height = 5 ft 9 in{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-football-guide-1936-x-di/134435795/ |title=Blackburn Rovers. Search for inside man |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=x |via=Newspapers.com}}

|position = Goalkeeper

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|clubs1 = Plas Bennion

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|clubs2 = Llanerch Colts

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|years9=1932–1937|clubs9=Blackburn Rovers|caps9=47|goals9=0

|years10=1937–1938|clubs10=Mansfield Town|caps10=76|goals10=0

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|nationalyears1 = 1935

|nationalteam1 = Wales

|nationalcaps1 = 1

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John Iorweth Hughes (1913 – 1993) was a Welsh footballer who played professionally in England and Scotland. He played one game for the Wales national football team.

Playing career

=Club career=

Born in Rhosllanerchrugog,{{cite book | first=Michael|last=Joyce | title=Football League Players' Records 1888 – 1939| publisher=Soccerdata| year=2004| isbn=1-899468-67-6|page=20}} Hughes played for various Welsh clubs until 1932, when he joined Blackburn Rovers. Over the next five years he made 47 appearances in the Football League First Division. In 1937 he joined Mansfield Town, where he made 76 League appearances. After the Second World War he played for a number of non-League teams in the Lancashire area before moving to Scotland to play for Third Lanark.

=International career=

Hughes gained one cap for the Welsh national team, on 27 March 1935 against Ireland.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=8813|title=Wales player database 1872 to 2013|publisher=eu-football.info|accessdate=30 April 2016}}