Hugh Billington
Personal information
Full name	Hugh John Richard Billington
Date of birth	24 February 1916(1916-02-24)
Place of birth	Ampthill, England
Date of death	1988 (aged 71–72)
Place of death	Luton, England
Playing position	Forward
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1937–1938 1938–1948 1948–1951 1951–1952	Waterlows Luton Town Chelsea Worcester City	87 (63) 83 (28)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Hugh John Richard Billington (born 24 February 1916 in Ampthill) was a professional footballer best known as a player for Luton Town and Chelsea.^[1][2]

[edit] Playing career

Born in Ampthill but raised in Luton, Billington was signed by Luton Town from local side Waterlows, for whom he had scored 80 goals during 1937–38. He started the 1938–39 in Luton's reserves, but after 14 goals in 15 games he was given his chance in the first team. On 5 November 1938 Hugh Billington made his league debut for Luton at Tranmere Rovers, and Billington scored twice as Luton won 3–2. He finished that season with 28 league goals from 27 Division Two matches.^[1][3]

Sadly, the war interrupted his career, and although he scored regularly for Luton after the war, he was transferred to Chelsea for £8,000 in 1948.^[2] After three years with Chelsea, he spent a season with Worcester City before retiring.^[1]

He remained in Luton until his death in 1988.^[1]

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