Percy Barnfather

Percy Barnfather
Personal information
Full name Percy Barnfather
Date of birth (1879-12-17)17 December 1879
Place of birth Byker, England
Date of death 18 December 1951(1951-12-18) (aged 72)
Place of death Westminster, England
Height 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) – 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
(depending on source quoted)
Playing position Outside forward
Youth career
Throckley
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1900–1903 Wallsend Park Villa
1903–1904 Barnsley 27 (3)
1904–1906 New Brompton 39 (4)
1906–1907 West Stanley
1907–1909 Croydon Common 25 (16)
1909–1910 Norwich City 32 (4)
1910–1911 Croydon Common 15 (10)
1911–1912 West Stanley
1912–1916 Croydon Common 81 (18)
1919–1920 Merthyr Town 4 (0)

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


Percy Barnfather MC (17 December 1879 – 18 December 1951) was an English professional association football outside forward of the early 20th century. He made 265 appearances and scored 85 goals in all competitions for Croydon Common before and during the First World War.[1]

Playing career

Born in Newcastle, Barnfather joined Barnsley in 1903 from a minor team in Wallsend and made 27 appearances in The Football League, scoring three goals.[2] In 1904 he joined New Brompton of the Southern League, where he played for two seasons.[3] He later played for Croydon Common and Norwich City.[2]

Personal life

During the First World War, Barnfather served in the 17th Service Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, known as the Football Battalion.[1] He married Evelyn Harris in March 1918.[1] After retiring from football he worked in a clerical role in the Ministry of Supply.[1] He died of stomach cancer in 1951 and is buried in Croydon.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 http://www.zen139857.zen.co.uk/BARNFATHER_Percy.pdf
  2. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 – 1939. Soccerdata. p. 18. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  3. Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Soccerdata. pp. 24–25. ISBN 1-899468-20-X.
  4. Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, John (2011). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Haynes Publishing. p. 327. ISBN 978-0-85733-103-8.
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