Tommy Barber

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][3][4][5][6] He scored the winning goal for Aston Villa in the 1913 FA Cup Final.[7]

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]
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)
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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Barber attended Todd's Nook School.[8] 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.[9] Barber was evacuated to Britain and after recovering in Aberdeen,[9] he spent another period in hospital suffering from pleurisy.[10] 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
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] 12 2 — 12 2
Total 102 14 5 0 107 14
Aston Villa 1912–13[11] First Division 15 2 5 1 20 3
1913–14[11] 28 4 5 0 33 4
1914–15[11] 14 3 1 0 15 3
Total 57 9 11 1 68 10
Celtic (guest) 1918–19[8] Scottish League First Division 4 0 — 4 0
Partick Thistle (guest) 1918–19[8] 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. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 17. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. "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. "Barber Tommy Aston Villa 1913". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  7. "Great games: Aston Villa 1 Sunderland 0 – April 19, 1913". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  8. Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  9. 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.
  10. Riddoch & Kemp 2010, p. 259.
  11. "Tommy Barber". 11v11.com. Retrieved 5 November 2017.


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