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Emlyn Hughes, Order of the British Empire|OBE
(August 28 1947, Barrow-in-Furness - November 9
2004, Sheffield) was an England|English footballer
who captain (football)|captained the Liverpool
F.C. side of the 1970s, having joined them from
Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool in 1967.

He was the son of a rugby league player and came
to prominence as a non-playing member of the 1970
England national football team|England football
squad which went to Mexico for the Football World
Cup|World Cup. 

He later attained the captaincy of Liverpool, with
whom he won four The Football League|League
championships (72/73, 75/76, 76/77, 78/79), the FA
Cup (73/74), two UEFA Cups (72/73, 75/76) and two
European Cups (76/77, 77/78). He was a first
choice Defender (football)|defender for England,
initially as a full back, then in his favoured
position of central defence. His enthusiastic
willingness to charge upfield, along with his
habit of constantly berating referees, earned him
the nickname of Crazy Horse.

Emlyn was allowed to leave Liverpool in 1979 after
650 games, though he maintained his place in the
England squad for another year while playing for
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton
Wanderers, with whom he won the League Cup in 1980
- the one trophy he failed to win with Liverpool.
Also in 1980, he was awarded the Order of the
British Empire|OBE for his services to the game.

Emlyn spent time with lower division clubs before
retiring as a player, then briefly became manager
of Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham United and
later a Board of Directors|director of Hull City
A.F.C.|Hull City.

But he became most famous for his television
career after he quit football; he was a team
captain on the long-running BBC quiz A Question Of
Sport and later defected to ITV to skipper a team
on their unsuccessful Sporting Triangles.

Hughes died at his Sheffield home on November 9
2004 at the age of 57.
He had been battling a brain tumour for fifteen
months but the illness eventually took its toll.
A minute's silence was held on Wednesday evening
November 10 2004 at Anfield before the game
against Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough in the
Carling Cup and was impeccably observed.

Emlyn had been chief patron to the Sheffield based
charity F.A.B.L.E. (For A Better Life with
Epilepsy) since 1995.

==Related topics==

* Emlyn Hughes International Soccer

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