Fred Lessons
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | George Frederick Lessons[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1883-08-30)30 August 1883 | ||
Place of birth | Heaton Norris, England[2] | ||
Date of death | 7 September 1918(1918-09-07) (aged 35)[3] | ||
Place of death | Pas-de-Calais, France[3] | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Lawrence | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1903–1904 | Nottingham Jardines Athletic | ||
1904–1907 | Nottingham Forest | 31 | (8) |
1907–1915 | Northampton Town | 234 | (75) |
Total | 265 | (83) | |
Managerial career | |||
1913–1918 | Northampton Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
George Frederick Lessons (30 August 1883 – 7 September 1918), sometimes known as Frank Lessons, was an English professional footballer who made nearly 250 appearances as a centre forward in the Southern League for Northampton Town.[4][5] He also managed the club and earlier in his career played in the Football League for Nottingham Forest.[1][6]
Personal life
Lessons served as a lance corporal in the Northamptonshire Regiment during the First World War and was killed on the Western Front on 7 September 1918, just over two months before the armistice.[3] He is buried in Éterpigny British Cemetery.[3]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Nottingham Forest | 1904–05[7] | First Division | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
1905–06[7] | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | ||
1906–07[7] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Career total | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 8 |
Honours
Northampton Town
- Southern League First Division: 1908–09[8]
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 173. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ Fred Lessons on Lives of the First World War
- ^ a b c d "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ "Club records". www.ntfc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ "Fred Lessons – Northampton Town". Cobblers Past. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Fred Lessons". League Managers Association. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ a b c "Frank Lessons". The City Ground. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "Lessons Fred Northampton Town 1908". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- v
- t
- e
- Chapman (1907–12)
- Bull (1912)
- Lessons (1913–15)
- Hewison (1920–25)
- Tresadern (1925–30)
- English (1931–35)
- Puddefoot (1935–37)
- Cresswell (1937–39)
- T. Smith (1939–49)
- Dennison (1949–54)
- D. Smith (1954–59)
- Bowen (1959–67)
- Marchi (1967–68)
- Flowers (1968–69)
- Bowen (1969–72)
- Baxter (1972–73)
- Dodgin (1973–76)
- Crerand (1976–77)
- Committee (1977)
- Petts (1977–78)
- Keen (1978–79)
- Walker (1979–80)
- Dodgin (1980–82)
- Walker (1982–84)
- Barton (1984–85)
- Carr (1985–90)
- Foley (1990–92)
- Chard (1992–93)
- Barnwell (1993–94)
- Atkins (1995–99)
- Wilson (1999–2001)
- Broadhurst (2001–03)
- Fenwick (2003)
- Wilkinson (2003)
- Calderwood (2003–06)
- Gorman (2006)
- Gray (2007–09)
- Sampson (2009–11)
- Johnson (2011)
- Boothroyd (2011–13)
- Wilder (2014–16)
- Page (2016–17)
- Edinburgh (2017)
- Hasselbaink (2017–18)
- Austin (2018)
- Curle (2018–2021)
- Brady (2021–)
This biographical article related to association football in England, about a forward born in the 1880s, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e