| Fred Houghton | |
|---|---|
| Born |
c. 1890 Stockport, England |
| Died |
15 November 1918 (aged 28)[1] Iraq |
Frederick Houghton (c. 1890 – 15 November 1918) was an English semi-professional football left back and left half who played in the Football League for Stockport County .[2][3]
Personal life[]
Houghton worked for the Portwood Spinning Company in Stockport.[4] He enlisted in the Army in 1915 and served in the Cheshire Regiment of the British Army during the First World War, rising to the appointed rank of lance corporal.[5] He fought during the Mesopotamian Campaign and died of fever on 15 November 1918, just four days after the Armistice.[4] He was buried in the Basra War Cemetery.[1]
Career statistics[]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stockport County | 1911–12[3] | Second Division | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1912–13[3] | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1913–14[3] | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1914–15[3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/510173/HOUGHTON,%20F. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 144. ISBN 190589161X.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Watts, Ian. "Fred Houghton County Record". http://gogogocounty.org/players/H/HoughtonF.html. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Stockports Soldier Frederick HOUGHTON part of CHESHIRE REGIMENT on STOCKPORT memorial and buried at Basra War Cemetery, Iraq". http://www.stockport1914-1918.co.uk/soldier.php?name_id=1333. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ "Frederick Houghton | Service Record | Football and the First World War" (in en-US). http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/frederick-houghton-service-record/. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
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