Barney Battles Sr.

Barney Battles
Personal information
Full name Bernard Battles
Date of birth 13 January 1875
Place of birth Springburn, Scotland
Date of death 9 February 1905(1905-02-09) (aged 30)
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Full-back
Wing half
Youth career
Linlithgow Juniors
Broxburn
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1893–1894 Bathgate
1894–1895 Heart of Midlothian 16 (0)
1895–1897 Celtic 28 (3)
1896Liverpool (loan) 2 (0)
1897–1898 Dundee 15 (2)
1898Liverpool (loan) 1 (0)
1898–1904 Celtic 81 (3)
1904–1905 Kilmarnock 23 (0)
International career
1899–1902[2] Scottish League XI 2 (0)
1901[3] Scotland 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bernard Battles (13 January 1875 – 9 February 1905) was a Scottish footballer, whose clubs included Heart of Midlothian, Celtic, Liverpool, Dundee and Kilmarnock before his death aged 30.[4]

  1. ^ "Hearts player Barney Battles Snr". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  2. ^ "SFL player Bernard Battles". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Scotland player Bernard Battles". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. ^ [A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players], John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012