Hugh Adcock | |
Fullname: | Hugh Adcock |
Height: | [1] |
Birth Date: | 10 April 1903 |
Birth Place: | Coalville, England |
Position: | Outside right |
Years4: | 1923–1935 |
Years5: | 1935 |
Clubs1: | Ravenstone United |
Clubs2: | Coalville Town |
Clubs3: | Loughborough Corinthians |
Clubs6: | Folkestone |
Clubs7: | Ibstock Penistone Rovers |
Caps1: | ? |
Caps2: | ? |
Caps3: | ? |
Caps4: | 434 |
Caps5: | 13 |
Caps6: | ? |
Caps7: | ? |
Goals1: | ? |
Goals2: | ? |
Goals3: | ? |
Goals4: | 51 |
Goals5: | 1 |
Goals6: | ? |
Goals7: | ? |
Nationalyears2: | 1929 |
Nationalteam1: | Football League |
Nationalteam2: | England |
Nationalcaps1: | ? |
Nationalcaps2: | 5 |
Nationalgoals1: | ? |
Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
Hugh "Hughie" Adcock (born 10 April 1903 in Coalville, England – 16 October 1975) was an English footballer.
Adcock played for Ravenstone United, Coalville Town, Loughborough Corinthians, Bristol Rovers, Folkestone and Ibstock Penistone Rovers and most famously Leicester City.[2]
He made his debut for Leicester on the same day as club record goalscorer Arthur Chandler and was a key player in the emergence of the Midlands' club under Peter Hodge in the mid-1920s and later the side which finished in the club's highest ever league finish of runners-up in the First Division in 1928-29. He made 440 appearances for the club over 13 years making him the club's joint 3rd record appearance holder.
He made five appearances and scored one goal for England.