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Fred Houghton
Personal information
Full name Frederick Houghton[1]
Date of birth c. 1890
Place of birth Stockport, England
Date of death 15 November 1918 (aged 28)[2]
Place of death Iraq
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[3]
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.[1][4][5]

Personal life

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Houghton worked for the Portwood Spinning Company in Stockport.[6] 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.[7] He fought during the Mesopotamian Campaign and died of fever on 15 November 1918, just four days after the Armistice.[6] He was buried in the Basra War Cemetery.[2]

Career statistics

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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[4] Second Division 9 0 0 0 9 0
1912–13[4] Second Division 10 0 0 0 10 0
1913–14[4] Second Division 9 0 0 0 9 0
1914–15[4] Second Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 29 0 0 0 29 0

References

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  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 144. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ a b "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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