Hugh Foulkes

{{short description|Welsh footballer}}

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|name = Hugh Foulkes

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|fullname = Hugh Edward Foulkes

|birth_date = {{birth date|1909|4|13|df=y}}

|birth_place = Llandudno, Wales

|death_date = {{death year and age|1981|1909}}

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|height = 5 ft 9 in{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-football-preview-page-iv/134275291/ |title=West Bromwich Albion. Directors rely on reserves |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=iv |via=Newspapers.com}}

|position = Left back

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|years1 = |clubs1 = Llandudno |caps1 = |goals1 =

|years2 = 1931–1937 |clubs2 = West Bromwich Albion |caps2 = 15 |goals2 = 0

|years3 = 1937–1938 |clubs3 = Guildford City |caps3 = |goals3 =

|years4 = 1938–1939 |clubs4 = Darlington{{efn|Foulkes also made three appearances for Darlington in the 1939–40 Football League season abandoned when the Second World War began. Joyce's Football League Players' Records counts these matches in its appearance data, although most statistical sources do not.{{cite book |first=Frank |last=Tweddle |title=The Definitive Darlington F.C. |publisher=Soccerdata |location=Nottingham |date=2000 |page=41 |isbn=978-1-899468-15-7}}}} |caps4 = 35 |goals4 = 1

|nationalyears1 = 1931 |nationalteam1 = Wales |nationalcaps1 = 1 |nationalgoals1 = 0

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Hugh Edward Foulkes (13 April 1909 – 1981) was a Wales international footballer who played as a left back. He made his only senior international appearance in a 4–0 defeat to Ireland at Windsor Park, Belfast, on 5 December 1931.{{cite web |url=http://wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=147 |title=Welsh international matches: 5 December 1931 |publisher=Welsh Football Data Archive |accessdate=9 May 2014}} He played in the Football League for West Bromwich Albion and Darlington in the 1930s. He also played for Welsh club Llandudno and in the Southern League for Guildford City.{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |page=93 |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}{{cite web |url=http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=match&pd=1022&it=6 |title=Colchester Utd 5–0 Guildford City |website=Coludata |accessdate=8 November 2017}}

His great-grandson Edward Foulkes was named after him and is a professional darts player.{{cite web |title=PDC World Darts Championship: Who is Edward Foulkes? |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/darts/55386072 |website=BBC Sport |accessdate=21 December 2020 |language=en}}