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


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