Fred Houghton
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frederick Houghton[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Stockport, England | ||
| Date of death | 15 November 1918 (aged 28)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Iraq | ||
| Playing position | Left back, left half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Park Albion | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1911–1915 | Stockport County | 29 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Frederick "Fred" Houghton was an English semi-professional football left back and left half who played in the Football League for Stockport County.[3][4]
Personal life
Houghton worked for the Portwood Spinning Company in Stockport.[5] He served in the Cheshire Regiment of the British Army during the First World War, rising to the appointed rank of lance corporal.[1] He fought during the Mesopotamian Campaign and died of fever on 15 November 1918, just four days after the Armistice.[5] He was buried in the Basra War Cemetery.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Frederick Houghton | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Retrieved 2016-10-04.
- 1 2 Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 144. ISBN 190589161X.
- ↑ Watts, Ian. "Fred Houghton County Record". gogogocounty.org. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
- 1 2 "Stockports Soldier Frederick HOUGHTON part of CHESHIRE REGIMENT on STOCKPORT memorial and buried at Basra War Cemetery, Iraq". www.stockport1914-1918.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
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