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Jack "Bully" Hughes

1/2/2020

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From an era when players were known as much by their nickname as by their first, comes Jack "Bully" Hughes, Socceroo #59.

Jack was the first of the Hughes brothers to pull on the Australian jersey, earning his first cap against the touring NZ side in 1933, beating younger brother Ron to the honour by some 14 years. They became the second set of brothers from "Westy" following on from the famous Maunders, to become Australian reps.

Growing up playing with West Wallsend, Hughes made the move to Sydney from Johnson's Paddock at an early age, 18, after being offered both the opportunity to play football and work with the famous Metters factory side. The offer came at a time when employment was still hard to come by at the tail end of the Great Depression.

Hughes, a man with a feared shot from either foot, was a mainstay of the Australian forward line, playing mainly at inside left, for a number of years, winning 6 caps in all when 1 or 2 was the norm.
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    Greg Werner began playing in 1965, with the GrassRoots club of Socceroo skipper Murray Barnes, a change of suburb at age 6 and a new club, one that would become the GrassRoots club of Rob Wheatley & after a 27 year hiatus came back to playing with the GrassRoots club of Socceroos Steve Perry, Richie Bell, Chris Iconomidis & Matilda, Justine Fisher, one could say that the links with the NT are ingrained.
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