- Percy Barton
Infobox Football biography
playername = Percy Barton
fullname = Percival Harry Barton
dateofbirth =19 August 1895
cityofbirth =London
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath = October 1961 (aged 66)
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height =
position = Left-half
youthyears =
youthclubs = Tottenham Thursday
Edmonton Amateurs
Sultan F.C.
years = 1914–1929
1929–1933
clubs = Birmingham
Stourbridge
caps(goals) = 331 (13)
nationalyears = 1921–1924
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) = 007 0(0)Percival Harry "Percy" Barton (
19 August 1895 – October 1961) was an English professional footballer who played as a left-half. He played for Birmingham both before and after theFirst World War , making 349 appearances in all competitions, and helped them to the championship of the Second Division in 1920–21. [cite book
author=Matthews, Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |year=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |page=p. 71 |isbn=1-85983-010-2]Barton was born in
Edmonton, London where he attended Montague Road School. He worked as a butcher's boy on leaving school, and played football for a local team, Sultan F.C. One of his Sultan team-mates,Richard Gibson , had gone on to play professionally for Birmingham, and Gibson recommended Barton to the club. [Matthews, "Complete Record", p. 90.] Barton signed for Birmingham in January 1914 at the age of 18, went straight into the first team, and missed only two league games in a season and a half beforethe Football League was suspended for the duration of the war. [Matthews, "Complete Record", p. 160–161.]He was a hard-working player, whose combative style did not always find favour with referees, resulting in him being sent off three times. He won seven caps for England between 1921 and 1924. Towards the end of his Birmingham career he played in positions other than his customary left-half; in the 1926–27 season he was used at left-back and later still he played centre-half or filled in occasionally on the right. [Matthews, "Complete Record", p. 169–171.] After leaving Birmingham he spent four seasons with Stourbridge in the
Birmingham & District League .Barton died in October 1961 at the age of 66.
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NAME = Barton, Percival Harry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Barton, Percy
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH =1895-08-19
PLACE OF BIRTH =Edmonton ,London ,England
DATE OF DEATH = October 1961
PLACE OF DEATH =
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