Tommy Barbour

Thomas Parkhill Barbour (13 November 1887 – 29 August 1967) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a wing half or full back. He played in the Football League for Derby County and Darlington.[1]

Tommy Barbour
Personal information
Full name Thomas Parkhill Barbour[1]
Date of birth (1887-11-13)13 November 1887
Place of birth Largs, Scotland
Date of death 29 August 1967(1967-08-29) (aged 79)
Place of death Marlpool, England
Height 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m)[2]
Position(s) Wing half, full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Kilbirnie Ladeside
1908–1921 Derby County 273 (3)
1921–1922 Darlington 29 (0)
1922–19?? Burton All Saints
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Largs, Ayrshire, Barbour played junior football with Kilbirnie Ladeside. He joined English club Derby County in July 1908, despite Kilbirnie having previously agreed to sell him to Woolwich Arsenal. He spent thirteen years with Derby, winning the Football League Second Division title twice, in 1911–12 and 1914–15.[3] During the first title-winning season, he was part of a defence that set a club record of six consecutive matches without conceding a goal.[4] His time at Derby was disrupted by military service during the First World War, when he served as a private with the Derbyshire Yeomanry at Gallipoli and in Egypt and Italy.[3][5]

Barbour joined Darlington in 1921. He was part of the club's first Football League team, but left after a year as he was denied permission to train in Derby, where he had become a publican. He then signed for Burton All Saints in the Birmingham and District League.[3]

After football

Barbour continued as a publican after retiring from playing, later running the Jolly Colliers pub in Heanor, Derbyshire. He died at Marlpool, near Heanor, on 29 August 1967.[3]

Honours

Derby County

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. "Third Division. Northern Section. Darlington". Athletic News. Manchester. 15 August 1921. p. 6.
  3. Mortimer, Gerald (2004). The Who's Who of Derby County. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 16. ISBN 1859834094.
  4. "Derby County: Steve Nicholson discusses a more experienced Rams squad and looks at 1911–12 defenders that helped Rams set record". Derby Telegraph. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  5. "Thomas Parkhill Barbour - Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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