Professional Footballer at Sunderland AFC

[loobylooayr]

If you haven’t already seen them, there are very many mentions of him in the newspapers online.

Thank you,  Jen.
I've bought a subscription to British Newspaper Archive and have found a good few references about him in several newspapers on that site.
I'm currently searching to see if there is an obituary somewhere  - he died in 1940 - but nothing so far !

Regards,
Looby 

[Gadget]

Here's a piece that gives info about wages and the footballers union:

https://spartacus-educational.com/Fwages.htm

You might have read it but thought it was worth linking it.

My great uncle,of the same era as Hugh and who remained an amateur despite his pal, Billy Meredith,  trying to get him to sign for Man Utd, was capped for Wales 2 or 3 times. I'm not sure if he played against Scotland. My cousin has the caps.

[JenB]

There is a letter about his death in the Sunderland Daily Echo 24th April 1940.

[JenB]

Do you know his exact date of death?

[loobylooayr]

Here's a piece that gives info about wages and the footballers union:

https://spartacus-educational.com/Fwages.htm

You might have read it but thought it was worth linking it.

My great uncle,of the same era as Hugh and who remained an amateur despite his pal, Billy Meredith,  trying to get him to sign for Man Utd, was capped for Wales 2 or 3 times. I'm not sure if he played against Scotland. My cousin has the caps.

Thank you , Gadget.
I haven't seen that link before , so will have good read.

Hugh's first cap was for a match against Wales in 1891 - I wonder if your great uncle was in the opposition line-up. This game was what drew Hugh to the attention of Sunderland.


Looby 

[loobylooayr]

There is a letter about his death in the Sunderland Daily Echo 24th April 1940.

 

Wow, thank you, Jen.
Can this be viewed online please?
Hugh died on the 6th April 1940 - so the letter must definitely relate to him !
Looby 

[JenB]

There is a letter about his death in the Sunderland Daily Echo 24th April 1940.

 

Wow, thank you, Jen.
Can this be viewed online please?
Hugh died on the 6th April 1940 - so the letter must definitely relate to him !
Looby 

Yes it can (I found it on FindMyPast). It's very brief, but the implication in it is that there has been previous comment about his death.

[loobylooayr]

Yes it can (I found it on FindMyPast). It's very brief, but the implication in it is that there has been previous comment about his death.
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Ahh. I don't have a subscription for Find my Past - having mainly Scots ancestry I tend to use Scotlands People for research 
I will need to see about getting access to view it.
Thank you for finding it.

Looby 

[Gadget]

Hugh's first cap was for a match against Wales in 1891 - I wonder if your great uncle was in the opposition line-up. This game was what drew Hugh to the attention of Sunderland.


Looby 

He played against Ireland in 1991

and Scotland:

20 Mar 1897

Wrexham, The Racecourse
2-2
Wales vs Scotland
British Championship 1897

and England in 1897