- Hughes released a 7" music single in 1978 called "Voetbal is Koning" (Football is king).
- In 1981, he released another single together with "De Kwaffeurs". The song is called "Ik wil op mijn kop een kamerbreed tapijt" ("I want on my head a wall to wall carpet"), a carnival song referencing his baldness. It was in the Dutch top 40 for eight weeks, where it reached place 7 between week 7 and 8 in 1981.
- While managing Haarlem in 1978, Hughes signed young player Ruud Gullit to his first ever professional football contract.
- He was a Welsh professional football player and manager, active primarily in the Netherlands.
- He played in the Netherlands for Blauw-Wit (1960 -1963) and Alkmaar'54 (1963-1965). He was captain of Alkmaar.
- After retiring as a player, Hughes began his coaching career in 1965[8] with Alkmaar'54. He later managed a variety of Dutch club sides including HFC Haarlem, Go Ahead Eagles, Sparta Rotterdam, FC Utrecht, MVV and FC Volendam.
- Hughes began his career with the youth team of English team West Bromwich Albion, but left after six years, without making a first-team appearance in the Football League.
- In 1965 he married Elles Berger, a Dutch TV personality. The couple had three daughters and six grandchildren.
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