Jim Barrett Jr.

James Guy Barrett (5 November 1930 – 21 October 2014) was an English footballer who played for West Ham United. His father, James William Barrett, also played for the club from 1924 to 1939.

Jim Barrett
Personal information
Full name James Guy Barrett
Date of birth (1930-11-05)5 November 1930
Place of birth West Ham, Essex, England
Date of death 21 October 2014(2014-10-21) (aged 83)
Place of death Haverhill, England[1]
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1954 West Ham United 85 (24)
1954–1959 Nottingham Forest 105 (64)
1959–1960 Birmingham City 10 (4)
Total 200 (92)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Born in West Ham, Essex,[2] Jim Jnr played football as a junior for West Ham, and played with his father as a teenager for West Ham A in 1945–46. He signed for the senior side in February 1949 and went on to make 85 league and 2 cup appearances for the east London club, scoring 25 goals.[2]

He was sold to Nottingham Forest in December 1954,[2] and went on to become their top scorer for the 1956–57 season. He also played for Birmingham City, playing 10 games and scoring four goals before his playing career ended aged 29.[3]

He later returned to West Ham to become player-manager of the A team assisting the development of players such as Harry Redknapp, John Charles and Paul Heffer.[3] He moved to Millwall in 1968, where he worked under ex-Hammer Ben Fenton. Barrett died in 2014, aged 83.[3]

References
  1. Ancestry.com. England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2019 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
  2. "Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics Jim Jnr Barrett". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  3. "Jim Barrett Jnr". www.whufc.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  • Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-903135-50-1.
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