Howard Vaughton
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Oliver Howard Vaughton was an English international footballer
England national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...

 who played as an inside left
Inside forward
In football, the position of inside forward was popularly used in the late nineteenth and first half of the 20th centuries. The inside forwards would support the centre forwards, running and making space in the opposition defence, and, as the passing game developed, supporting him with passes...

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He played as a forward for Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...

 before the Football League was formed between 1880 and 1888. He was part of Villa's first FA Cup final
1887 FA Cup Final
The 1887 FA Cup Final was contested by Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion at the Kennington Oval. Aston Villa won 2–0, with goals by Archie Hunter and Dennis Hodgetts.-Teams:*Played 2 April 1887*Attendance: 15,500*Referee: Major Francis Marindin...

 victory in 1887. He played in 26 FA Cup matches, scoring 15 goals.

Vaughton played for England on five occasions, scoring six goals. Five of his goals were scored in a 13-0 victory
1881-82 in English football
The 1881–1882 season was the 11th season of competitive football in England.-National team:England played Ireland for the first time. Their 13–0 victory is still the team's largest ever win.* England score given first...

 over Ireland in Belfast on 18 February 1882, with his Villa team-mate Arthur Brown
Arthur Alfred Brown
Arthur Alfred Brown was an English footballer who played for Aston Villa in the 1880s. He was their first international player, making three appearances for England in 1882...

 contributing four. Therefore Vaughton holds the record as the most goals scored by one player during an England international football match.

After his football career ended he ran a silver
Silver
Silver is a metallic chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal...

smith's firm and was charged with making a new FA Cup after the original disappeared in mysterious circumstances in 1895.
The Villa News and Record 1 Sept. 1906
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