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Jack
Hudson |
Wednesday Club
1 cap, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F
7:
A 0
100% successful
1883
disciplined: none
captaincies: one
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
John Hudson |
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Born |
October 1860 in Brightside, Sheffield,
Yorkshire [registererd in Sheffield, December 1860]. |
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Birth notes |
The
1861 census states that he was only six months old. That census was taken
on 7 April 1861, so we can calculate that he was born around about October
1860. |
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Census Notes
based on the only Sheffield-born John Hudson born in the
latter part of 1860, who would become an engraver in later life. |
According to the 1861
census, six month old John is the youngest of two children to William and
Mary. His father is a forgeman in the steelworks. They live at 6 Jessop
Square in Attercliffe cum Darnell with John's grandmother and two
steelwork apprentices. |
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According to the 1871
census, John and his older sister remain with their parents and
grandmother at Matlock Lane in Ecclesfield. His father is still a
forgeman. |
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According to the 1881
census, 20 year-old John is an engraver, he and his widowed mother now
live with widower Alfred Snape and his two sons. Alfred was the husband of
John's elder sister Mary, who, along with her father, had both died in the
previous ten years. They live in the Hillsborough area of Sheffield. |
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According to the 1891
census, John is a silver engraver and is married to Annie. They live at 10
Taplin Road in Ecclesfield, along with his mother. |
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According to the 1901
census, John remains a silver engraver, remains married and has an eight
year-old daughter Winifred. They live at 20 Wynyard Road in Ecclesfield. |
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According to the 1911
census, John is now a beer house keeper, with his wife and daughter
assisting. They have two servants and they live at 111 Dykes Hall Road in
Hillsborough. The census reveals that John and Annie had lost another
child in death. |
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Married |
to Annie Mellor
[registered in Sheffield, September 1888]. |
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Died |
21
November 1941 at the Gateford Hotel, Worksop, aged
81 years x days
[registered in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, December 1941]. |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Began with
Sheffield Heeley FC, then joined Sheffield FC. Had spell as
player/secretary at Wednesday FC of Sheffield between 1880 and 1883,
before joining Blackburn Olympic FC. Returned to Sheffield, with the
United side, for its foundation. |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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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
six who became the 103rd players to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Half-back |
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Only match |
No. 18, 24 February 1883, England 7 Ireland
0, friendly match at
Liverpool Cricket Ground,
Aigburth Road, Aigburth,
Liverpool, aged 22 years
nk days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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An engraver by trade. After retiring from football, became
trainer/coach of Wednesday FC. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.138/9. |