Fred Lessons

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Fred Lessons
Personal information
Full name George Frederick Lessons[1]
Date of birth 30 August 1883
Place of birth Stockport, England
Date of death Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.[2]
Place of death Pas-de-Calais, France[2]
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Nottingham Jardines Athletic
1904–1907 Nottingham Forest 31 (8)
1907–1915 Northampton Town 249 (79)
Managerial career
1913–1918 Northampton Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Frederick Lessons (1883 – 7 September 1918) was an English professional football centre forward who made nearly 250 appearances in the Southern League for Northampton Town.[3] He also managed the club and earlier in his career played in the Football League for Bristol City.[1][4]

Personal life

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.[2] He is buried in Éterpigny British Cemetery.[2]

References

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