Frank Barrett (footballer)

Frank Barrett
Personal information
Full name Francis Barrett
Date of birth (1872-08-02)2 August 1872
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Date of death 22 March 1907(1907-03-22) (aged 34)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
000?–1893 Dundee Harp
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1893–1896 Dundee 41 (0)
1896–1900 Newton Heath 118 (0)
1900–1901 New Brighton Tower 34 (0)
1901 Arbroath
1901–1902 Manchester City 5 (0)
1902–1903 Dundee 0 (0)
1903–1905 Aberdeen 20 (0)
International career
1894–1895 Scotland 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francis Barrett (2 August 1872 – 22 March 1907) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. He was born in Dundee.

Barrett played for Dundee Harp before joining Dundee Football Club upon its foundation in 1893.[1] While with the Dark Blues, he would make 49 total appearances for the club in their first three seasons, and would win two caps for Scotland in 1894 and 1895.[2] In September 1896, he signed with Newton Heath (now Manchester United). He made 132 appearances for the club, scoring no goals. In May 1900, he left for New Brighton Tower. In 1901, he briefly returned to Manchester, making eight appearances for Manchester City. In 1903, he became one of the founding players of Aberdeen Football Club. He died in 1907, aged 35. After Barrett's death, Manchester United gifted £35 to his widow.

  1. ^ Lamming, Douglas (1987). A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who's Who, 1872-1986. Hutton Press. ISBN 0-907033-47-4.
  2. ^ "Francis Barrett | Player Statistics | Dundee (Dee Archive)". deearchive.co.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2022.