Harry Hughes (footballer, born 1929)

Harry Hughes
Personal information
Full name Harold James Hughes
Date of birth (1929-10-08)8 October 1929
Place of birth Nuneaton, England
Date of death 15 October 2013(2013-10-15) (aged 84)
Place of death Weymouth, Dorset, England
Position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Symington
1950–1951 Southport 0 (0)
1951–1952 Chelsea 1 (0)
1952–1958 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 77 (2)
1958–1963 Gillingham 204 (14)
1963–19?? Guildford City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harold James Hughes (8 October 1929 - 15 October 2013) was an English professional footballer. His clubs included Chelsea, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and Gillingham, where he made over 200 Football League appearances. He was captain of the Bournemouth team that knocked out Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur before losing to Manchester United in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup in 1957.