jueves, 14 de agosto de 2014

Thomas Bridges Hughes

Thomas Bridges Hughes (17 September 1851 – 10 August 1940) was an English amateur footballer who was the first player to score two goals in an FA Cup Final, with Wanderers in 1876. He subsequently had a long career as a schoolteacher.
Education
Hughes attended Winchester College between 1863 and 1870, where he excelled academically, becoming a school prefect and in 1869-70 he was "Prefect of Hall", effectively the head boy. He was also a keen cricketer and represented the school from 1868 to 1870. He attained a scholarship to New College, Oxford, although this took him three years to achieve.
After graduating, in 1876 he initially studied law at the Inner Temple, before embarking on his career as a teacher.
Football career
His football career included appearances for Oxford University (when he played against Cambridge University in March 1874), Swifts and Old Wykehamists, but he achieved notability for his exploits with the...

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