Fred Hughson

Fred Hughson

Personal information
Full name	Fred Hughson
Date of birth	22 May 1914(1914-05-22)
Original team	Preston (VFA)
Height/Weight	183cm / 85kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1938–1947	Fitzroy	164 (95)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	Victoria
Coaching career³
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1943–1947	Fitzroy	96 (60–34–2)
¹ Playing statistics to end of 1947 season . ³ Coaching statistics correct as of 1947.
Career highlights
Fitzroy premiership captain-coach 1944 Fitzroy Team of the Century Fitzroy leading goalkicker 1938 Fitzroy captain 1943–1947 Mitchell Medal 1943

Fred Hughson (born 22 May 1914, date of death unknown) was an Australian rules footballer who played for, captained, and later coached Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was the last person to lead Fitzroy to the premiership before their merger with the Brisbane Bears, doing so in 1944 as both captain and coach.

He coached Fitzroy for 96 games between 1943 until his retirement in 1947, only two players coached the side more and his 103 games as captain was bettered by only three.

Hughson played as a fullback and was named in that position in Fitzroy's Team of the Century.^[1] However, he did play up forward in his debut season in 1938, kicking 62 goals in 15 games topping the club's goalkicking charts. A long kicker of the ball, Hughson established the official and recognised world record for a drop kick at 89 feet 11 inches - at the halftime interval of a VFL game against South Melbourne at the Brunswick Street Oval.^[2]

He finished third in the 1941 Brownlow Medal and sixth in 1947; but the highlight of his career was undoutebly winning the 1944 Grand Final by 15 points over Richmond, as Captain-Coach.

After leaving Fitzroy he went on to play and coach South Warrnambool.

Career highlights

Playing career:

Fitzroy 1938 - 1947 (Games 164; Goals 95; Brownlow votes 50)^[3]

Player honors:

3rd in Brownlow Medal: 1941.^[4]
Fitzroy Best & Fairest: 1943.^[5]
Fitzroy leading goalkicker: 1938.^[5]
Fitzroy captain: 1943 to 1947.^[5]
Fitzroy Team of the Century.^[6]
Victorian representative:

References

^ Footy Stamps (2006). Fitzroy Team of the Century. Retrieved on 6 May 2008.
^ Brisbane Lions (2008). Fitzroy History: 1924-1964: An Era of Legends. Retrieved on 6 May 2008.
^ AFL Stats (2008). AFL PLayers: Fred Hughson. Retrieved on 6 May 2008.
^ AFL Stats (2008). 1941 Brownlow Medal. Retrieved on 6 May 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c Brisbane Lions (2008). Fitzroy Football Club Honour Board 1897 - 1996. Retrieved on 5 May 2008.
^ Footy Stamps (2006). Fitzroy Team of the Century. Retrieved on 5 May 2008.

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Fitzroy Football Club 1944 VFL Premiers

Fitzroy 9.12 (66) defeated Richmond 7.9 (51), at the Junction Oval

Captain: 6. Hughson \| 5. Dawson \| 7. Murray \| 8. Hillard \| 14. Hoskins \| 17. Sier \| 18. Bickerton \| 19. Symons \| 20. Calverley \| 22. Price \| 23. Hearn \| 24. O'Bryan \| 26. Stackpole \| 27. Jarvis \| 30. Ruthven \| 31. Clay \| 32. Denning \| 33. Fields \| 35. Wright

Coach: Hughson

Captains of the Fitzroy Football Club

1897: Cleary • 1898–1900: Sloan • 1901–1902: McSpeerin • 1903–1905: Brosnan • 1906–1907: Jenkins • 1908–1910: Sharp • 1911: McLennan • 1912: Cooper • 1913: Walker • 1914–1915: Parratt • 1916: Johnson • 1917–1918: Holden • 1919: Johnson • 1920: Parratt • 1921: Parratt/Lethbridge • 1922: Lethbridge • 1923: Rattray • 1924–1925: Atkinson • 1926: Adams • 1927: Wigraft • 1928: Rattray • 1929: Chapman • 1930–1931: Niven • 1932: Bunton/Sexton • 1933: Sexton/Moriarty • 1934: Cashman/Davies • 1935: Cameron • 1936–1937: Bunton • 1938–1941: Curcio • 1942: Hearn • 1943–1947: Hughson • 1948: Ruthven • 1949: Smith • 1950: Smith/Ruthven • 1951–1954: Ruthven • 1955–1957: Stephen • 1958–1961: Gale • 1962: Abrahams • 1963–1964: Murray • 1965: Rogerson • 1966: Rogerson/Hayes • 1967–1972: Murray • 1973–1977: Murphy • 1978: Merrigan • 1979–1980: Alexander • 1981–1984: Wilson • 1985–1987: Rendell • 1988–1990: Roos • 1991: Osborne • 1992–1994: Roos • 1995–1996: Boyd

Coaches of the Fitzroy Football Club

1911–1912: Moriarty • 1913–1915: Parratt • 1916–1919: Holden • 1919: Melling • 1920–1921: Parratt • 1922–1924: Belcher • 1925: Lethbridge • 1926–1927: Belcher • 1928: Rattray • 1929: Ringrose • 1929: Freake • 1930–1931: Niven • 1932–1933: Maher • 1934: Wigraft • 1934: Cashman • 1935: Rowe • 1936: Bunton • 1937–1939: Rattray • 1940–1942: Minogue • 1943–1947: Hughson • 1945: Hillard • 1948: Cameron • 1949–1951: N. Smith • 1952–1954: Ruthven • 1955–1957: Stephen • 1956: Curcio • 1958–1962: Len Smith\|L. Smith • 1961: Edwards • 1963–1964: Murray • 1963: Clark • 1964: Williams • 1965–1970: Stephen • 1968: Slocum • 1971–1974: Donaldson • 1974: Campbell • 1975–1977: Rose • 1978: Campbell • 1979–1980: Stephen • 1981–1985: Walls • 1986–1988: Parkin • 1989–1990: Austin • 1991–1994: Shaw • 1995: Quinlan • 1995: McConnell • 1996: Nunan • 1996: McConnell

Italics denote caretaker coach

Mitchell Medal • Fitzroy Football Club Best and Fairest Winners

1898: Grace • 1899: Hickey • 1900: Grace • 1903: Trotter • 1904: Sharp • 1905: Millis • 1906: Millis • 1907: Bailes/Johnson • 1908: Milne/Holden • 1909: Walker/Lambert • 1910: Milne • 1911: Cooper • 1912: McLennan • 1913: McLennan • 1914: Cooper • 1915: Holden • 1918: Freake • 1920: Wigraft • 1921: Rattray • 1922: Atkinson • 1923: Collins • 1924: Wigraft • 1925: Wigraft • 1926: Jenkin • 1927: Moriarty • 1934: Bunton • 1935: Bunton • 1943: Hughson • 1944: Ruthven • 1945: Ruthven • 1946: Ruthven • 1947: Johnstone • 1948: Ruthven • 1949: Ruthven • 1950: Stephen • 1951: Chanter • 1952: Broderick • 1953: Furness • 1954: Stephen • 1955: Furness • 1956: Murray • 1957: Campbell • 1958: Murray • 1959: Harvey • 1960: Murray • 1961: Murray • 1962: Murray • 1963: Murray • 1964: Murray • 1965: Brown • 1966: Brown • 1967: Brown • 1968: Murray/Murphy • 1969: Murray • 1970: Murphy • 1971: Murphy • 1972: Wilson • 1973: Murphy • 1974: Merrigan • 1975: Irwin • 1976: Wilson • 1977: Murphy • 1978: Wilson • 1979: Wilson • 1980: Wilson • 1981: Alexander • 1982: Rendell • 1983: Rendell • 1984: Thornton • 1985: Roos • 1986: Roos • 1987: McIvor • 1988: Kappler • 1989: Pert • 1990: Clayton • 1991: Roos • 1992: Roos • 1993: Lynch • 1994: Roos • 1995: Boyd • 1996: Pike

Fitzroy Football Club • Leading Goalkickers

1897: Kiernan • 1898: Kiernan • 1899: McSpeerin • 1900: Kiernan • 1901: Brosnan • 1902: Trotter • 1903: Trotter • 1904: Trotter • 1905: Wilkinson • 1906: Trotter • 1907: Sharp • 1908: W. Johnson • 1909: Dick • 1910: Briggs • 1911: Campbell • 1912: Freake • 1913: Freake • 1914: Freake • 1915: Freake • 1916: Heaney • 1917: Freake • 1918: Freake • 1919: Merrick • 1920: Merrick • 1921: Merrick • 1922: Merrick • 1923: Freake • 1924: Moriarty • 1925: Moriarty • 1926: Moriarty • 1927: Moriarty • 1928: Moriarty • 1929: Moriarty • 1930: Chapman • 1931: Moriarty • 1932: Moriarty • 1933: Moriarty • 1934: Pye • 1935: Ryan • 1936: Bunton • 1937: Bunton • 1938: Hughson • 1939: Denning • 1940: Curtin • 1941: Curtin • 1942: Curtin • 1943: Grant • 1944: Ruthven • 1945: Ruthven • 1946: Curtin • 1947: Hart • 1948: Hart • 1949: Hart • 1950: Hart • 1951: Hart • 1952: Ongarello • 1953: Hickey • 1954: Ruthven • 1955: Johnstone • 1956: Ongarello • 1957: Abrahams • 1958: Ongarello • 1959: Wright • 1960: Wright • 1961: Abrahams • 1962: Clark • 1963: Lazarus • 1964: Rogerson • 1965: Lazarus • 1966: Lazarus • 1967: Lazarus • 1968: Searl • 1969: Searl • 1970: Ruscuklic • 1971: Murphy • 1972: Wilson • 1973: Wilson • 1974: Wall • 1975: Serafini • 1976: Murphy • 1977: Beecroft • 1978: Beecroft • 1979: Beecroft • 1980: Beecroft • 1981: Quinlan • 1982: Quinlan • 1983: Quinlan • 1984: Quinlan • 1985: Quinlan • 1986: Osborne • 1987: Osborne • 1988: Osborne • 1989: Osborne • 1990: Roos • 1991: Wheildon • 1992: Osborne • 1993: Lynch • 1994: Wheildon • 1995: C. Johnson • 1996: Mellington

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