Edwin Bardsley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edwin Bardsley[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1883 | ||
| Place of birth | Hadfield, England | ||
| Date of death | 18 November 1916 (aged 32–33) | ||
| Place of death | Somme, France | ||
| Position(s) | Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1903 | Glossop | 10 | (1) |
| 1904–1906 | Stockport County | 76 | (9) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Edwin Bardsley (1883 – 18 November 1916) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Stockport County and Glossop as an outside left.[1] His career was ended due to a broken leg suffered in a collision with William Foulke.[2]
Personal life[edit]
Bardsley served as a private in the Manchester Regiment during the First World War and was killed during the Battle of the Somme on 18 November 1916, while serving with the 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment.[3] He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.[4]
Career statistics[edit]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stockport County | 1904–05[2] | Lancashire Combination | 33 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 7 |
| 1905–06[2] | Second Division | 36 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 3 | |
| 1906–07[2] | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 76 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 82 | 11 | ||
References[edit]
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 17. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b c d Watts, Ian. "Ted Bardsley". gogogocounty.org. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "Casualty Details: Bardsley, Edwin". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Edwin Bardsley | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
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- 1883 births
- 1916 deaths
- People from Hadfield, Derbyshire
- Footballers from Derbyshire
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football outside forwards
- English Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Manchester Regiment soldiers
- Military personnel from Derbyshire
- Glossop North End A.F.C. players
- British military personnel killed in the Battle of the Somme
- Stockport County F.C. players
- English football forward, 1880s birth stubs