Ned Barkas
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edward Barkas[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 21 November 1901||
Place of birth | Wardley, Gateshead, England | ||
Date of death | 24 April 1962[1] | (aged 60)||
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
- Football League First Division: 1923–24, 1924–25
- FA Cup finalist: 1927–28
Birmingham
- FA Cup finalist: 1930–31
References
- ^ a b c d e Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- 1901 births
- 1962 deaths
- Sportspeople from Gateshead
- English footballers
- Association football fullbacks
- Bedlington United F.C. players
- South Shields F.C. (1889) players
- Norwich City F.C. players
- Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- Chelsea F.C. players
- English football managers
- English football defender, 1900s birth stubs