fullname heightweight death_date years coachstatsend statsend coachyears originalteam birth_date sooteams careerhighlights image article_title name
fred hughson 183cm / 85kg 23 october 1987 1938 -- 1947 1947 1947 1943 -- 1947 preston -lrb- vfa -rrb- 22 may 1914 victoria * premiership captain-coach 1944 fred hughsonr.jpg fred hughson
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fred hughson

fred hughson -lrb- 22 may 1914 - 23 october 1987 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played for , captained , and later coached fitzroy in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
he was the last person to lead fitzroy to the premiership before their merger with the brisbane bears , doing so in 1944 as both captain and coach .
he coached fitzroy for 96 games between 1943 until his retirement in 1947 , only two players coached the side more and his 103 games as captain was bettered by only three .
hughson played as a fullback and was named in that position in fitzroy 's team of the century .
however , he did play up forward in his debut season in 1938 , kicking 62 goals in 15 games topping the club 's goalkicking charts .
a long kicker of the ball , hughson established the official and recognised world record for a drop kick at 89 feet 11 inches - at the halftime interval of a vfl game against south melbourne at the brunswick street oval .
he finished third in the 1941 brownlow medal and sixth in 1947 ; but the highlight of his career was undoutebly winning the 1944 grand final by 15 points over richmond , as captain-coach .
after leaving fitzroy he went on to play and coach south warrnambool .
