| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hugh Adcock | ||
| Date of birth | 10 April 1903 | ||
| Place of birth | Coalville, England | ||
| Date of death | 16 October 1975 (aged 72) | ||
| Playing position | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| Ravenstone United | ? | (?) | |
| Coalville Town | ? | (?) | |
| Loughborough Corinthians | ? | (?) | |
| 1923–1935 | Leicester City | 434 | (51) |
| 1935 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | (1) |
| – | Folkestone | ? | (?) |
| – | Ibstock Penistone Rovers | ? | (?) |
| National team | |||
| Football League | ? | (?) | |
| 1929 | England | 5 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Hugh "Hughie" Adcock (born 10 April 1903 in Coalville, England – 16 October 1975) was an English footballer.
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Adcock played for Ravenstone United, Coalville Town, Loughborough Corinthians Bristol Rovers, Folkestone and Ibstock Penistone Rovers and most famously Leicester City.[1]
He made his debut for Leicester on the same day as club record goalscorer Arthur Chandler and was a key player in the emergence of the Midlands' club under Peter Hodge in the mid 1920s and later the side which finished in the club's highest ever league finish of runners-up in the First Division in 1928-29. He made 440 appearances for the club over 13 years making him the club's joint 3rd record appearance holder.
He made five appearances and scored one goal for England.[2]