Fred Lessons
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | George Frederick Lessons[1] | ||
Date of birth | 30 August 1883 | ||
Place of birth | Stockport, England | ||
Date of death | Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day[2] | ||
Place of death | Pas-de-Calais, France[2] | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Nottingham Jardines Athletic | |||
1904–1907 | Nottingham Forest | 31 | (8) |
1907–1915 | Northampton Town | 249 | (79) |
Managerial career | |||
1913–1918 | Northampton Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and 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]
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