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Ned Barkas
Personal information
Full name Edward Barkas[1]
Date of birth (1901-11-21)21 November 1901[1]
Place of birth Wardley, Gateshead, England
Date of death 24 April 1962(1962-04-24) (aged 60)[1]
Place of death Little Bromwich, Birmingham, England
Position(s) Full back
Youth career
East Boldon
Hebburn Colliery
Bedlington United
South Shields
1919–1920 Wardley Colliery
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920 Norwich City 1 (0)
1920–1921 Bedlington United
1921–1928 Huddersfield Town 119 (4)
1928–1937 Birmingham 257 (9)
1937–1939 Chelsea 27 (0)
1939–1943 Solihull Town
1943–19?? Wilmot Breeden
Nuffield Mechanics
Managerial career
1939–1943 Solihull Town (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward Barkas (21 November 1901 – 24 April 1962) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back. He played in the Football League First Division for Huddersfield Town, Birmingham and Chelsea.[2]

Barkas was born in Wardley, County Durham. He won two league championship medals and a runners-up medal in the 1928 FA Cup Final with Huddersfield before becoming manager Leslie Knighton's first signing for Birmingham, where he made nearly 300 appearances and won another FA Cup runners-up medal, in 1931. On leaving Birmingham Barkas followed Knighton to Chelsea, returning to the Midlands on the outbreak of the Second World War.[1]

He came from a footballing family: his brother Sam played for and captained England, a cousin, Billy Felton, also played for England, and three other brothers Tommy, James and Harry were professional footballers. He died in Little Bromwich, Birmingham, at the age of 60.[1]

Honours

Huddersfield Town

Birmingham

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  2. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.