Jack Huggins
Personal information
Full name John Warwick Huggins[1]
Date of birth 2 June 1886
Place of birth Crosby Ravensworth, England
Date of death 26 April 1915(1915-04-26) (aged 28)[2]
Place of death near Saint-Julien, Belgium[3]
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Bede College
0000–1906 Leadgate Park
1906–1908 Sunderland 14 (2)
1908–1909 Reading 31 (6)
1909 Sunderland 0 (0)
Durham City
Wingate
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Warwick Huggins (2 June 1886 – 26 April 1915) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Sunderland as an outside left.[1] He also played in the Southern League for Reading.[3]

Personal life

Huggins attended St. James’ National School, Whitehaven and Bede College, Durham.[4] He later worked as a teacher and while a footballer with Reading, he taught at Swansea Road School.[3] In May 1909, he was appointed a certified assistant at Wheatley Hill Boys Secondary School.[4]

A pre-war member of the Bede College company in the Durham Light Infantry, Huggins re-enlisted as a private in the regiment soon after Britain's entry into the First World War.[4] He was killed on or near Gravenstafel Ridge during the Second Battle of Ypres on 25–26 April 1915.[2][4] After being initially buried by the Germans in a cemetery in Wallemolen, Belgium, Huggins' remains were moved to Perth (China Wall) Cemetery after the war.[3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sunderland 1906–07[5] First Division 7 2 0 0 7 2
1907–08[6] 7 0 0 0 7 0
Total 14 2 0 0 14 2
Reading 1908–09[3] Southern League First Division 31 6 3 0 34 6
Career total 45 8 3 0 48 8

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 146. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. 1 2 "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Royals Remembered". Reading FC | Home of the Royals!. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Scott, Amy. "John Warwick 'Jack' Huggins (1886–1915)". Durham At War. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "1906–07 : Football League Division 1". TheStatCat. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "1907–08 : Football League Division 1". TheStatCat. Retrieved 12 June 2017.


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