Shirley Hubbard

Shirley Hubbard (18 February 1885 – 22 February 1962) was an English professional footballer who made 140 appearances in the Football League for Leicester City as a forward. He later served as player-manager of Ashby Town.

Shirley Hubbard
Personal information
Full name Shirley Hubbard[1]
Date of birth (1885-02-18)18 February 1885
Place of birth Leicester, England
Date of death 22 February 1962(1962-02-22) (aged 77)[2]
Place of death Houghton on the Hill, England
Position(s) Inside right, centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1902–1903 St. Andrew's
1903–1905 Leicestershire Regiment
1905–1906 Leicester Imperial
1906–1913 Leicester Fosse 137 (36)
1913–1914 Darlington
South Shields
1915 → Bloxwich Strollers (guest) 1 (0)
1916 → Port Vale (guest) 1 (0)
1916 → Leicester Fosse (guest) 4 (0)
1917 → Birmingham (guest) 1 (0)
1918 → Leicester Fosse (guest) 13 (5)
1919–1920 Leicester City 3 (1)
1920–192? Ashby Town
Managerial career
1920–192? Ashby Town (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

After beginning his career with local Leicester clubs, Second Division club Leicester Fosse bought Hubbard out of the army to sign him on 22 April 1907.[1][3] Over the course of the next six years he made 151 appearances and scored 39 goals for the club and helped the Foxes to promotion to the First Division at the end of the 1907–08 season.[4] Hubbard departed Filbert Street for North Eastern League club Darlington in May 1913 and was playing for South Shields upon the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.[1][2] During the war, he guested for Port Vale, Bloxwich Strollers, Birmingham and on two occasions for Leicester Fosse.[1][4][5] Hubbard briefly resumed his professional career with the reformed Leicester City during the 1919–20 season and finished his Foxes career with 154 appearances and 40 goals.[4] He took over as player-manager at Leicestershire Senior League club Ashby Town.[2] Hubbard later returned to Leicester City as a coach prior to the Second World War.[2]

Personal life

As of 1901, Hubbard was working as a shoe finisher and enlisted in the Leicestershire Regiment on 14 July 1903.[2][3] He was posted to India and served until April 1907.[3] As of 1911, Hubbard was married with one child.[4] In November 1914, three months after the outbreak of the First World War, Hubbard re-enlisted in the Leicestershire Regiment and was sent to the Western Front in February 1915.[2] He saw action at Hooge, the Hohenzollern Redoubt, the Somme and during the Hundred Days Offensive.[2] After his retirement from football, Hubbard remained on the sports scene and wrote a column in the local Leicestershire press.[2]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leicester Fosse 1906–07[4]Second Division62— 62
1907–08[4]Second Division25720277
1908–09[4]First Division21820238
1909–10[4]Second Division269423011
1910–11[4]Second Division26430294
1911–12[4]Second Division26331294
1912–13[4]Second Division730073
Total 1373614315139
Leicester City 1919–20[4]Second Division310031
Leicester City/Fosse total 140 37 14 3 154 40
Career total 140 37 14 3 154 40

Honours

Leicester Fosse

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 145. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. "Leicester Fosse And The First World War: Part 22". Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  3. "Shirley Hubbard | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  4. "Shirley Hubbard | Leicester City career stats". FoxesTalk. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  5. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 144. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
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