Wilfred Bartrop
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| Full name | Wilfred Bartrop | ||
| Date of birth | 22/11/1887 | ||
| Place of birth | Worksop, England | ||
| Date of death | 7/11/1918 | ||
| Place of death | Warcoing, Belgium | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Outside Forward | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1908-1909 | Worksop | ? | (?) |
| 1909-1914 | Barnsley | 160 | (15) |
| 1914-1915 | Liverpool | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Wilf Bartrop (22 November 1887 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire; died 7 November 1918) Was a professional footballer, who played as a Forward for several English sides prior to the First World War. He was killed in action, days before the end of the war.
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[edit] Club career
He started his career at home side Worksop[1] before transferring to Barnsley on 21 June 1909. He played in both FA Cup finals that Barnsley reached in 1910 and 1912.[2][3] In the 1910 FA Cup, Bartrop scored a 'wonder goal' in a 1-0 quarter-final win over Queen's Park Rangers. In the final, Barnsley lost the replay 2-0 to Newcastle, after a 1-1 draw in the first tie. The 1912 cup final went again to a replay but Barnsley won, defeating West Bromwich Albion 1-0 in extra time, after a 0-0 draw in the first encounter. Many newspapers, including the Manchester Guardian, praised his play in the replay. [4]
At the end of the 1913-1914 season he transferred to Liverpool who he played a total of 3 games for before his career was interrupted by the First World War [1]
A biography of Wilfred Bartrop, entitled 'Swifter than the Arrow', was published in December 2008 [5]
[edit] Honours
His FA Cup winners medal was sold in 2008 for £14400 - more than twice its estimate price.[6] [7]
[edit] Military service
He joined the Royal Field Artillery as a Gunner in a Trench Mortar Battery. He was serving in Belgium when he was killed on the 7th of November 1918.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Wilf Bartrop Player Profile". LFC History.net. http://www.lfchistory.net/player_profile.asp?player_id=533. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
- ^ "fa-cupfinals.co.uk". fa-cupfinals.co.uk. http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1910.html. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
- ^ "fa-cupfinals.co.uk". fa-cupfinals.co.uk. http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1912.html. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
- ^ "Barnsley's Victory". Manchester Guardian: pp. p4. 1912-04-25.
- ^ "Swifter than the Arrow: Wilfred Bartrop, football and war". http://www.troubador.co.uk/book_info.asp?bookid=732. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
- ^ "Sale 15968, Sporting Memorabilia, 27 Feb 2008 CHESTER". Bonhams. http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=ResultsXML&iSaleNo=15968. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- ^ "Reds' FA Cup winner's medal expected to fetch £6,000". Johnston Press Digital Publishing. http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/Reds39-FA-Cup-winner39s-medal.3760548.jp. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- ^ "Wilf Bartrop CWGC Record". CWGC. http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=479215. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
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