Fred Lessons
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Frederick Lessons[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 August 1883 | ||
| Place of birth | Heaton Norris, England[2] | ||
| Date of death | 7 September 1918 (aged 35)[3] | ||
| Place of death | Pas-de-Calais, France[3] | ||
| Position | Centre forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lawrence | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1903–1904 | Nottingham Jardines Athletic | ||
| 1904–1907 | Nottingham Forest | 31 | (8) |
| 1907–1915 | Northampton Town | 234 | (75) |
| Total | 265 | (83) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1913–1918 | Northampton Town | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
George Frederick Lessons (30 August 1883 – 7 September 1918), sometimes known as Frank Lessons, was an English professional footballer who made nearly 250 appearances as a centre forward in the Southern League for Northampton Town.[4][5] He also managed the club and earlier in his career played in the Football League for Nottingham Forest.[1][6]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]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.[3] He is buried in Éterpigny British Cemetery.[3]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nottingham Forest | 1904–05[7] | First Division | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| 1905–06[7] | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | ||
| 1906–07[7] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Career total | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 8 | ||
Honours
[edit | edit source]Northampton Town
- Southern League First Division: 1908–09[8]
References
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- 1883 births
- 1918 deaths
- Footballers from Stockport
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Jardine's Athletic F.C. players
- Nottingham Forest F.C. players
- Northampton Town F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Southern Football League players
- English football managers
- Military personnel from Manchester
- Northampton Town F.C. managers
- Southern Football League managers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Northamptonshire Regiment soldiers
- British military personnel killed in World War I
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