Hugh Adcock

Hugh Adcock

Personal information
Full name	Hugh Adcock
Date of birth	10 April 1903
Place of birth	Coalville, England
Date of death	16 October 1975(1975-10-16) (aged 72)
Height	5 ft 5+1⁄2 in (1.66 m)[1]
Position(s)	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	?	(?)
International career
	Football League	?	(?)
1929	England	5	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hugh "Hughie" Adcock (born 10 April 1903 in Coalville, England – 16 October 1975) was an English footballer.

Adcock played for Ravenstone United, Coalville Town, Loughborough Corinthians, Bristol Rovers, Folkestone and Ibstock Penistone Rovers and most famously Leicester City.^[2]

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.^[3]

Leicester City

• Football League First Division Runner-up: 1928-29
• Football League Second Division Champion: 1924-25

England

• British Home Championship Winner: 1930