Pat Hughes (footballer, born 1945)

Pat Hughes
Personal information
Full name Patrick Joseph Hughes[1]
Date of birth (1945-02-28)28 February 1945
Place of birth Coatbridge,[1] Scotland
Date of death 25 February 2010(2010-02-25) (aged 64)[1]
Place of death Coatbridge,[1] Scotland
Position(s) Left winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Baillieston
1963–1965 St Mirren 9 (0)
1965–1966 Darlington 3 (0)
1966–1967 Hamilton Academical 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick Joseph Hughes (28 February 1945 – 25 February 2010) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left winger in the Scottish League for St Mirren and Hamilton Academical and in the English Football League for Darlington.[2] Although he played little, he was a member of the Darlington team that won promotion from the Fourth to the Third Division in 1965–66 Football League.[3]

His older brother John played for Celtic and Scotland,[4] and his younger brother Billy played for Sunderland and Scotland.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Pat Hughes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Pat Hughes". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Class of '66 reunited at Fortress Feethams". The Northern Echo. Darlington. 19 January 2003. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  4. ^ "1965-02-13: St Mirren 1–5 Celtic, League Division 1". TheCelticWiki.com. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  5. ^ Valance, Matt (28 December 2019). "Obituary: Billy Hughes, FA Cup winner with Sunderland and Scotland internationalist, younger brother of 'Yogi'". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. Retrieved 2 November 2020.


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