Fred Lessons

Fred Lessons
Personal information
Full name	George Frederick Lessons^[1]
Date of birth	30 August 1883
Place of birth	Stockport, England
Date of death	7 September 1918(1918-09-07) (aged 35)^[2]
Place of death	Pas-de-Calais, France^[2]
Playing position	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Nottingham Jardines Athletic
1904–1907	Nottingham Forest	31	(8)
1907–1915	Northampton Town	249	(79)
Teams managed
1913–1918	Northampton Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

George Frederick Lessons (1883 – 7 September 1918) was an English professional football centre forward who made nearly 250 appearances in the Southern League for Northampton Town.^[3] He also managed the club and earlier in his career played in the Football League for Bristol City.^[1]^[4]

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.^[2] He is buried in Éterpigny British Cemetery.^[2]

References

1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 173. ISBN 190589161X.
1 2 3 4 "CWGC - Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
↑ "Club records". www.ntfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
↑ "League Managers Association - Fred Lessons". www.leaguemanagers.com. Retrieved 2016-01-13.

Northampton Town F.C. – managers

Jones (1897–1907)
Chapman (1907–12)
Bull (1912–13)
Lessons (1913–18)
Hewison (1920–25)
Tresadern (1925–30)
English (1931–35)
Puddefoot (1935–37)
Cresswell (1937–39)
Smith (1939–49)
Dennison (1949–54)
Smith (1954–59)
Bowen (1959–67)
Marchi (1967–68)
Flowers (1968–69)
Bowen (1969–72)
Baxter (1972–73)
Dodgin (1973–76)
Crerand (1976–77)
Petts (1977–78)
Dodgin (1977)
Bowen (1978)
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)
Broadhurst (1999)
Wilson (1999–2001)
Broadhurst (2001–03)
Fenwick (2003)
Wilkinson (2003)
Hill (2003)
Calderwood (2003–06)
Gorman (2006)
Barron and Sampson (2006–07)
Gray (2007–09)
Sampson (2009–11)
Johnson (2011)
Lee^c (2011)
Flowers^c (2011)
Boothroyd (2011–13)
King^c (2013–14)
Wilder (2014–)

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