Career
Born in Waterloo, north Liverpool, England, Hughes was a strong, uncompromising Centre Half, who could also play wing half. He had the knack of being able to read the game-stopping moves before they caused too many problems. He then was selected to represent England at the World Cup in Brazil getting all of his 3 caps in the process and becoming Liverpool"s first representative at the worlds premier football tournament, unfortunately, one of the appearances was the embarrassing 1–0 defeat to the United States of America. He is still the only English player whose entire representative career consisted of World Cup finals matches.
Hughes and Liverpool"s fortunes changed during the fifties when the Reds fell from the top tier, they managed to fend off relegation during the 1952-1953 season but couldn"t prevent the drop a season later.
Hughes stayed on at Liverpool and had a decent season in the 1956/57 missing just one match. Hughes played his last game against Charlton on 28 September 1957 aged 33, however, Hughes remained loyal to the club he loved and didn"t retire for another 3 years, finally doing so in May 1960.
During the 1960s Hughes ran a grocery store and in 1964 was convicted of Receiving Stolen Goods and fined £20 after buying food that was the property of Woolworths. Hughes died at home on 9 September 2011 aged 87.