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Jimmy
Barrett |
West Ham United
FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 2:
A 1
*(actual F 0: A 0)
100% successful
1928
captain: none
minutes played: eight |
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Timeline |
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James William Barrett |
(*Actual
for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.) |
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Birth |
19 January 1907 in Stratford, Essex [registered in
West Ham, March 1907]. |
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Baptism |
10 February 1907 at St. John's Church in Stratford |
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According to the 1911 census,
the four year-old James William is the youngest of three children to
Frederick Charles and Florence Margaret (née Spelman), living at 29 Folkestone Road in
West Ham. His father is an Iron Founder. |
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According to the 1921
census, James William, attending school part-time, is the second of four
children still living at home with their parents at 29 Folkestone Road.
According
to passenger lists, James William, living at 29 Folkestone Road, is
returning from Buenos Aires on board the RMS Asturias on 10 June 1926. |
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Marriage |
to Elsie Kate Vesey
[registered in West Ham, June 1926]. They had three children, Marie E.
(b.1926), James Guy (b.5 November 1930) and Jennifer D. (b.14 September 1938) |
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According to the 1939 register, James W. is a
professional footballer, married to Elsie, and with one daughter,
Jennifer, they live at 75 Claude Road in Upton. |
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Death |
25
November 1970, aged
63 years 310 days
[registered in Southwark, December 1970]. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Played schoolboy football in West Ham, scoring 98 goals
in the 1920-21 season, going on to play with Fairbairn House Lads
club and joined West Ham United FC as a professional in 1923, aged only
sixteen years. He retired from playing in 1945
after 422 league appearances and 49 goals. |
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Club honours |
Football League War Cup winners 1940; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Father
of Jim Barrett (West Ham United FC 1949-54) |
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Height/Weight |
5'
11½", 14st.
2lbs [1929]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of four who became the 534th
players (535) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-half |
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Only match |
No. 162,
22 October 1928,
England 2
Ireland
1, a British Championship
match at Goodison Park, Walton, Liverpool,
injured off (8), aged 21 years
277 days.
Some sources state Barrett's England career was only four
minutes long, this may have been when he was injured, because he left the
field of play after eight. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1928-29; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
England Schoolboy (two appearances, 1921) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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After a retiring from playing,
Barrett had a spell in charge of the West Ham United FC 'A' team.
He was also a schoolboy boxing champion. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.26. |
