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Frank
Hudspeth |
Newcastle United FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D 1 L 0 F
0:
A 0
50% successful
1925
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Francis Carr Hudspeth |
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Birth |
20 April 1890 in Percy Main, Tynemouth, Northumberland [registered in
Tynemouth, June 1890]. |
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According to the 1891
census, eleven-month old Francis is the only child to James and Dinah, now
living at 13 Ridley Terrace in Scotswood. His father is a coal miner. |
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According to the 1901
census, Francis has a younger sister, Mary Elizabeth. His father is a
deputy overman at the coalmine. They live at 72 Tyne Street in Benwell. |
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According to the 1911
census, Francis is a professional footballer. He is now the oldest
of three children to his parents, where they all live at 3 Ridley Terrace
in the Scotswood area of Newcastle. |
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Marriage |
to Amy Jane Waugh
[registered in Newcastle upon Tyne, June 1912]. |
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According to the 1921 census, Francis Carr, still a
professional footballer (for Newcastle United FC) is now married to Amy
Jane and they have one son, Frank, and they live at 49 Shafto Street in
Scotswood area of Newcastle upon Tyne. |
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According to the 1939 register, Frank C., still a professional footballer, is
sill married to Amy J. and living at 95 Parkinson Street in Burnley. |
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Death |
5 February 1963, aged
72 years 291 days
[registered in Burnley, March 1963]. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Began
his career playing junior football in Scotswood. He was also playing with
Newburn FC and Clare Vale FC, before joining North-eastern League side,
North Shields Athletic FC. From where he joined Newcastle United FC in
March 1910 for £100 transfer fee. He remained at St. James'
Park for nineteen years, becoming club captain for six years, and
making 472 league appearances, scoring 37 goals,
34 of them from the penalty spot. He was one of six players who
was placed on the United open-transfer list on 14 November 1928,
before moving to Stockport County FC on 18 January 1929, alongside
teammate Tom Curry. Returned to the north-east when Crook Town signed him
in December 1930. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winners 1909-10, 1923-24
(captain), runners-up 1910-11; Football League
Champions 1926-27 (captain); |
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Individual honours |
Hudspeth is second in the all-time league appearances list for Newcastle
United FC, fourteen behind Scotsman Jimmy Lawrence. |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8¾", 11st. 8½lbs [1924]. 5' 9", 12st. 1lb
[1928] |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of five who
became the 495th
players (495) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-back |
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Only match |
No. 147, 24 October 1925, Northern Ireland 0
England 0, a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged 35 years
187 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1925-26; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
England victory
(one appearance, 1919) |
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Distinctions |
Hudspeth was
the oldest outfield player to make his England debut in 1925, a record
held until 1950. |
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Beyond England |
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Hudspeth was a trainer at Rochdale
AFC from 25 July 1933 and an assistant trainer at Burnley from 7 August
1934 until 1945. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.139. |
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