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Fred Lessons
Personal information
Full name	George Frederick Lessons
Date of birth	30 August 1883
Place of birth	Heaton Norris, England
Date of death	7 September 1918 (aged 35)
Place of death	Pas-de-Calais, France
Position(s)	Centre forward
Youth career
	Lawrence
Senior career*
Years	Team
1903–1904	Nottingham Jardines Athletic
1904–1907	Nottingham Forest
1907–1915	Northampton Town
Total
Managerial career
1913–1918	Northampton Town
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Frederick Lessons (30 August 1883 – 7 September 1918), sometimes known as Frank Lessons, was an English professional footballer who made nearly 250 appearances as a centre forward in the Southern League for Northampton Town.^[4]^[5] He also managed the club and earlier in his career played in the Football League for Nottingham Forest.^[1]^[6]

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.^[3] He is buried in Éterpigny British Cemetery.^[3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nottingham Forest	1904–05^[7]	First Division	16	3	0	0	16	3
	1905–06^[7]	First Division	14	5	0	0	14	5
	1906–07^[7]	Second Division	1	0	2	0	3	0
Career total			31	8	2	0	33	8

Honours

Northampton Town

Southern League First Division: 1908–09^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 173. ISBN 978-1905891610.
^ Fred Lessons on Lives of the First World War
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
^ "Club records". www.ntfc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
^ "Fred Lessons – Northampton Town". Cobblers Past. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
^ "Fred Lessons". League Managers Association. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Frank Lessons". The City Ground. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
^ "Lessons Fred Northampton Town 1908". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 14 January 2019.

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