Abel Hughes
{{short description|Welsh footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Abel Hughes
|image = Abel-hughes-1894.jpg
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|birth_date = 20 October 1869
|birth_place = Ruabon, Wales
|death_date = 12 July 1946 (aged 76)
|death_place = Stockport, England
|height = 5ft11
|position = Full-Back
|youthyears1 = -1894
|youthclubs1 = Rhos
|years1 = 1894-1895
|clubs1 = Liverpool FC
|caps1 = 0
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 1895-
|clubs2 = Rhos
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|nationalyears1 = 1894
|nationalteam1 = Wales
|nationalcaps1 = 2
|nationalgoals1 = 0
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Abel Hughes (20 October 1869 – 12 July 1946) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team, playing 2 matches. He played his first match on 12 March 1894 against England and his last match on 24 March 1894 against Scotland.{{cite web|url=http://eu-football.info/_players.php?id=218|title=Wales player database 1872 to 2013|publisher=eu-football.info|accessdate=30 April 2016|archive-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124005720/https://eu-football.info/_players.php?id=218|url-status=live}}
Football
In May 1894, Hughes transferred from Rhos to Liverpool.{{Cite web|url=https://playupliverpool.com/1894/05/26/abel-hughes-transferred-to-liverpool/|title=Abel Hughes transferred to Liverpool|date=26 May 1894|access-date=22 April 2024|archive-date=26 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926032152/https://playupliverpool.com/1894/05/26/abel-hughes-transferred-to-liverpool/|url-status=live}} He didn't play any first team games for Liverpool and transferred back to Rhos in January 1895.{{Cite web|url=https://playupliverpool.com/1980/01/01/abel-hughes-abel-hayes/|title=Abel Hughes (Abel Hayes)|date=1 January 1980|access-date=22 April 2024|archive-date=21 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021181237/https://playupliverpool.com/1980/01/01/abel-hughes-abel-hayes/|url-status=live}}
After football and death
Hughes was proprietor of the Nags Head Hotel, Rhosllanerchrugog and Moreton Inn, Johnstown.{{Cite news |date=17 August 1946 |title=DEATH |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003512/19460817/079/0003 |work=Rhos Herald |pages=3}}
He died in 1946 at 6 Acacia Avenue, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport.
See also
References
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Category:Welsh men's footballers
Category:Wales men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football players not categorized by position
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