Fred Hughes (rugby league)


Frederick "Fred" Hughes was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s. He played club level rugby union for Llanelli RFC, Swansea RFC and Cheltenham RFC, and representative level rugby league for Great Britain and Wales, and at club level for Barrow, Workington Town and Liverpool Stanley, as a, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.

Background

Fred Hughes was born in Llanelli. Wales, and he was the father of the association footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s for England and Liverpool; Emlyn Hughes.

International honours

Fred Hughes won 3 caps for Wales in 1945–1946 while at Barrow and Workington Town.