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Len Barry |
Leicester City
FC
5 appearances, 0 goals
P 5 W 4 D 0 L 1 F 20:
A
8
80% successful
1928-29
captain: none
minutes played: 450 |
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Timeline |
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Leonard James Barry |
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Birth |
27 October 1901 in Sneinton, Nottingham,
Nottinghamshire [registered in
Nottingham, December 1901]. |
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According to the 1901 census,
his mother, Mabel, was pregnant with the child that was who became the Leonard
James. Her and his Welsh father, Richard lived with their eldest son,
Walter, at 10 Victoria Villas, in north east Nottingham. Richard was a
contractor's agent. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Leonard J. was the second eldest of three sons to their parents, only two
of the sons, Leonard and Harold, were living at 170 Colwick Road in
Sneinton with them. His father was a builder. |
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According to the 1921
census, Leonard is a cadet at the RAF College in Cranwell. |
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Marriage |
to Ethel Ellen
Morley
[registered in Basford, June 1928]. They had one daughter, Margaret
Joyce (b.1930) |
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According to Passenger Lists,
Leonard Barry was one of eighteen footballers
on an FA Tour, courtesy of Canadian Pacific Railway Company, had left the
port of Liverpool on 11 May 1931, bound for Montreal, Canada, on the
Duchess of Richmond. They returned from Quebec, arriving at Southampton on
23 July 1931, on board the Empress of Britain. He was living at 21
Stanfield Road in Leicester.
According to the 1939 register census,
Leonard J. is a lorry driver, married to Ethel, but he is living at 26
Norman Road in the Carlton area of Nottingham. Ethel, a school mistress,
is living at the School House in Langar |
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Death |
17 April 1970
at 22 Robinson Road in Mapperley, aged
68 years 172 days
[registered in Basford, June 1970]. |
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Funeral |
21 April 1970 cremated |
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Probate |
"BARRY Leonard James
of
22 Robinson Rd Mapperley
Notts
died 17 April
1970 Administration Nottingham
28 May £3370." |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played schoolboy football in Nottingham and
played with the RAF at Cranwell. Joined Notts County FC on amateur forms
in 1921, turning professional in 1923. After
180 league appearances, in which he scored ten goals, he joined
Leicester City FC on 28 September 1927 for a £3300 transfer fee,
making another 203 league appearances, scoring
another 25 goals. He then made a final move to Nottingham Forest FC
on 4 August 1933, retiring in April 1934 after he was released by Forest after seventeen
league appearances and a return of just one goal. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Division One
runners-up 1928-29; |
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Individual honours |
FA Charity Shield runners-up
with Amateurs 1923; |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5' 8",
11st.
0lbs [1927],
9st. 13lbs.
[1928 & 1929], 5' 8¼", 10st.
7lbs [1931]. |
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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 six who became 528th
players (533) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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First match |
No. 160, 17 May 1928, France
1 England 5,
an end-of-season tour match at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris, aged
26 years
203 days. |
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Last match |
No. 167, 15 May 1929,
Spain
4 England 3,
an
end-of-season tour match at
Estádio Metropolitano, Madrid, aged
27 years 200 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
England Amateur (one
appearance); FA Tour of Canada 1931; |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Member of the RAF from 1918. His service record described
his civilian occupation as that of a lathe hand. After retiring from
football, Barry returned to the RAF with the
transport division, at Chilwell and at two civilian airfields. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.26. |
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Len Barry - Career Statistics |
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Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
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goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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5 |
5 |
0 |
450 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Len Barry
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Away
- Friendly |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
20 |
8 |
+12 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.60 |
80.0 |
+3 |
| All |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
20 |
8 |
+12 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.60 |
80.0 |
+3 |
Len Barry
- Match History
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Club:
Leicester City F.C.
- five full appearances (450 min) |
F.A. International Selection Committee - five full appearances
(450 min)x |
Notes
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