Tommy Barber

English footballer

Tommy Barber
Personal information
Full name Thomas Barber[1]
Date of birth (1888-02-20)20 February 1888[2]
Place of birth West Stanley, England
Date of death 18 September 1925(1925-09-18) (aged 37)[2]
Place of death Nuneaton, England[2]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[3]
Position(s) Half back, inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1905–1906 Shankhouse
1906–1907 West Stanley
1907–1908 Hamsterley
1908–1912 Bolton Wanderers 102 (14)
1912–1919 Aston Villa 57 (9)
1917 → Brentford (guest) 2 (0)
1918 → Celtic (guest) 4 (0)
1918 → Partick Thistle (guest) 1 (1)
1919 → Linfield (guest)
1919 → Belfast Celtic (guest)
1919 → Distillery (guest)
1919 Stalybridge Celtic
1919–1920 Crystal Palace 20 (7)
1920 Merthyr Town 2 (0)
1920 Ton Pentre
1920 Pontypridd
1921–1922 Walsall 5 (2)
1922–1923 Darlaston
1923–1924 Hinckley United
1924–1925 Barwell United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Barber (20 February 1888 – 18 September 1925) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers, Merthyr Town and Walsall as a half back or inside left.[1][4][5][6][7] He scored the winning goal for Aston Villa in the 1913 FA Cup Final.[8]

Personal life

Barber attended Todd's Nook School.[9] He served as a private in the Football 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] before suffering gunshot wounds to the legs at Guillemont.[10] Barber was evacuated to Britain and after recovering in Aberdeen,[10] he spent another period in hospital suffering from pleurisy.[11] 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]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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] First Division 12 2 — 12 2
Total 102 14 5 0 107 14
Aston Villa 1912–13[12] First Division 15 2 5 1 20 3
1913–14[12] First Division 28 4 5 0 33 4
1914–15[12] First Division 14 3 1 0 15 3
Total 57 9 11 1 68 10
Celtic (guest) 1918–19[9] Scottish League First Division 4 0 — 4 0
Partick Thistle (guest) 1918–19[9] 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

Honours

Bolton Wanderers

Aston Villa

References

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 17. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Tom Barber Aston Villa". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Third Division. Northern Section. Walsall". Athletic News. Manchester. 15 August 1921. p. 6.
  4. ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 364. ISBN 0951526200.
  5. ^ "Overall Appearances/Goals Record - B". Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Appearances". Crystal Palace FC. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Barber Tommy Aston Villa 1913". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Great games: Aston Villa 1 Sunderland 0 – April 19, 1913". Birmingham Mail. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  9. ^ a b c Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Riddoch & Kemp 2010, p. 259.
  12. ^ a b c "Tommy Barber". 11v11.com. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
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