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English footballer

Fred Houghton
Personal information
Full name Frederick Houghton
Date of birth c. 1890
Place of birth Stockport, England
Date of death 15 November 1918 (aged 28)
Place of death Iraq
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Left back, left half
Youth career
Park Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1910–1915 Stockport County 29 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frederick Houghton (c. 1890 – 15 November 1918) was an English semi-professional footballer who played as a left back and left half in the Football League for Stockport County.

Personal life

Houghton worked for the Portwood Spinning Company in Stockport. He enlisted in the British Army in 1915 and served in the Cheshire Regiment during the First World War, rising to the appointed rank of lance corporal. He fought during the Mesopotamian Campaign and died of fever on 15 November 1918, just four days after the Armistice. He was buried in the Basra War Cemetery.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stockport County 1911–12 Second Division 9 0 0 0 9 0
1912–13 Second Division 10 0 0 0 10 0
1913–14 Second Division 9 0 0 0 9 0
1914–15 Second Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 29 0 0 0 29 0

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 144. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Stockport County". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ Watts, Ian. "Fred Houghton County Record". gogogocounty.org. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  5. "The Football Association – Season 1910–11 – List Of Professionals Registered During The 1910–11 Season". Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Stockports Soldier Frederick Houghton part of Cheshire Regiment on Stockport memorial and buried at Basra War Cemetery, Iraq". www.stockport1914-1918.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  7. "Frederick Houghton | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 4 October 2016.


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