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Tommy Barber
Personal information
Full name Thomas Barber[1]
Date of birth (1886-07-22)22 July 1886[1]
Place of birth West Stanley, England
Date of death 18 September 1925(1925-09-18) (aged 39)[2]
Place of death Nuneaton, England[2]
Position(s) Half back, inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Shankhouse
Hamotley
0000–1908 West Stanley
1908–1912 Bolton Wanderers 102 (14)
1912–1919 Aston Villa 57 (9)
1917 → Brentford (guest)
1918 → Celtic (guest) 4 (0)
1918 → Partick Thistle (guest) 1 (1)
1919 → Linfield (guest)
1919 → Belfast Celtic (guest)
→ Distillery (guest)
Stalybridge Celtic
1919–1920 Crystal Palace 20 (7)
1920 Merthyr Town 2 (0)
Ton Pentre
Pontypridd
1921 Walsall 5 (2)
Darlaston
Hinckley United
Barwell United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Barber (22 July 1886 – 18 September 1925) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers, Merthyr Town and Walsall.[1][3][4][5] He scored the winning goal for Aston Villa in the 1913 FA Cup Final.[6]

Personal life

Barber attended Todd's Nook School.[7] He served as a private in the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War and saw action at Delville Wood and Waterlot Farm in the summer of 1916,[2] but suffered gunshot wounds to the legs at Guillemont.[8] Barber was evacuated to Britain and after recovering in Aberdeen,[8] he spent another period in hospital suffering from pleurisy.[9] He was later transferred to the Labour Corps and also worked in a munitions factory in Glasgow.[2] Barber died of tuberculosis in 1925.[2]

Honours

Bolton Wanderers

Aston Villa

Career statistics

Club Season League National Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bolton Wanderers 1908–09[2] Second Division 20 2 0 0 20 2
1909–10[2] First Division 15 1 1 0 16 1
1910–11[2] Second Division 17 5 1 0 18 5
1911–12[2] First Division 38 4 3 0 41 4
1912–13[2] 12 2 — 12 2
Total 102 14 5 0 107 14
Aston Villa 1912–13[10] First Division 15 2 5 1 20 3
1913–14[10] 28 4 5 0 33 4
1914–15[10] 14 3 1 0 15 3
Total 57 9 11 1 68 10
Celtic (guest) 1918–19[7] Scottish League First Division 4 0 — 4 0
Partick Thistle (guest) 1918–19[7] Scottish League First Division 1 1 — 1 1
Crystal Palace 1919–20[2] Southern League First Division 20 7 0 0 20 7
Merthyr Town 1920–21[2] Third Division South 2 0 0 0 2 0
Walsall 1921–22[2] Third Division South 5 2 1 0 6 2
Career total 191 33 17 1 208 34

References

  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 17. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Tom Barber Aston Villa". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  3. ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 363–365. ISBN 0951526200.
  4. ^ "Page Title". Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Crystal Palace FC". Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Great games: Aston Villa 1 Sunderland 0 – April 19, 1913". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  7. ^ a b c Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  8. ^ a b Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 146. ISBN 978-0857330772.
  9. ^ Riddoch & Kemp 2010, p. 259.
  10. ^ a b c "Tommy Barber". 11v11.com. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
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