Tommy Barber

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)
1917Brentford (guest) 2 (0)
1918Celtic (guest) 4 (0)
1918Partick Thistle (guest) 1 (1)
1919Linfield (guest)
1919Belfast Celtic (guest)
1919Distillery (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]

  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 Cite error: The named reference FATFWW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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. ^ "Great games: Aston Villa 1 Sunderland 0 – April 19, 1913". Birmingham Mail. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2014.