Reg Pugh | |
Fullname: | Reginald Pugh |
Birth Date: | 12 July 1914 |
Birth Place: | Aberaman, Wales |
Death Place: | Folkestone, Kent, England |
Position: | Outside right |
Height: | 5 ft 5 in[1] |
Years1: | –1934 |
Clubs1: | Aberaman Athletic |
Years2: | 1934–1945 |
Clubs2: | Cardiff City |
Caps2: | 166 |
Goals2: | 25 |
Years3: | 1942 |
Clubs3: | → Brentford (guest) |
Caps3: | 1 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Reginald Pugh (12 July 1914 – 21 October 1981) was a Welsh professional footballer.
Born in Aberaman, near Aberdare, Mid Glamorgan in July 1914, Pugh began his career at his hometown club Aberaman Athletic before joining Cardiff City shortly after.[2] He made his debut in October 1934 in a 3–1 win over Watford, becoming one of the club's youngest ever debutants at the age of 17. The following season, he was ever present in a side that struggled to avoid relegation.[3] Following the outbreak of World War II, he played several times for the club in wartime fixtures before serving in Burma with the South Wales Borderers.[4] At the end of the hostilities, he did not return to professional football. Pugh died in Folkestone, Kent in October 1981 at the age of 67.[5]